Description

Dated 1885. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay dwelling house. Rendered; painted margins; raised cills; base course.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; central door with fanlight; regular fenestration; canted dormers in outer bays.

W ELEVATION: adjoining building.

N ELEVATION: exposed rubble; irregular fenestration; canted dormers in outer bays.

E ELEVATION: adjoining building.

8-pane timber sash and case windows; modern glazing to dormers. Slate roof; no skews; rendered stacks at gableheads.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

Statement of Interest

Although the house is dated 1885, there was a building on this site in 1856. It is probable that Craig View is the building sown on the 1st Edition O S map, but was remodelled in the later nineteenth-century. The roof and steep pitch is suggestive of late 17th century origins but the large openings are characteristic of the mid to late nineteenth-century. The simple symmetrical front mirrors the style of the earlier properties in the area. The restrained classicism shown in this design was a style that remained popular through the 18th and 19th century for urban properties. The current name of the house, Craigs View, refers to its position overlooking a stone outcrop called The Craigs.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56645911

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy