Description

Circa 1910. Asymmetrical, 2-storey, 4-bay Free Style house grouped 1-2-1 with gabled bays at centre (advanced to right); conservatory addition recessed to outer left. Painted harl; overhanging eaves; coursed sandstone infills to gableheads; red tile piended roof. Timber mullions and transoms. Decorative Art Nouveau style ironwork.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to part-glazed 2-leaf timber panelled door in advanced, gabled bay off-set to right of centre; consoled balcony above with Art Nouveau style iron railings; 2-leaf small-paned French door aligned at 1st floor. 3-light segmental arched window at ground in gabled bay recessed to left of entrance; 2 light window at 1st floor; slit opening centred beneath apex above. Shallow-bowed, 5-light window at ground in bay to outer left; single boat-headed dormer breaking eaves above. Single bay recessed to outer right comprising 3 regularly disposed windows at ground; 2 light box-dormer breaking eaves above.

Replacement small-pane leaded glazing throughout. Red tile roof; cast-iron rainwater goods. Coped, harled ridge stacks flanking centre; circular terracotta cans.

INTERIOR: timber panelling; timber balustraded stair with ball finialed timber newels. Some decorative plasterwork to ceilings; various timber and plaster cornices; timber fireplace with sculpted egg-and-dart banding.

BOUNDARY WALL, GATEPIERS AND GATES: sandstone coping to stepped, harled wall enclosing site. Square-plan piers flanking pedestrian and vehicular entrances; polished coping; polished ball shaped finials; Art Nouveau detailing to iron gates.

Statement of Interest

Despite its replacement glazing and additional conservatory, Scotswood has retained some interesting features - most obviously its Art Nouveau-inspired ironwork. That above the entrance is original, the gates are recent imitations. Other notable details include its overhanging eaves, contrasting harl and red tiles and boat-headed dormer. The Valuation Roll records a Mrs Annie Cruddas, widow, as Scotswood's first occupant.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56647519

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)