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Norwood, Main Street, Gavinton

A Category C Listed Building in Mid Berwickshire, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.7627 / 55°45'45"N

Longitude: -2.3693 / 2°22'9"W

OS Eastings: 376923

OS Northings: 652216

OS Grid: NT769522

Mapcode National: GBR C1WT.V1

Mapcode Global: WH8X7.KFZ1

Plus Code: 9C7VQJ7J+37

Entry Name: Norwood, Main Street, Gavinton

Listing Name: Gavinton, North Street, Norwood

Listing Date: 6 February 1996

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389104

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB42583

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200389104

Location: Langton

County: Scottish Borders

Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire

Parish: Langton

Traditional County: Berwickshire

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Description

Earlier to mid 19th century with later additions and alterations. 2-storey, 3-bay house. Stugged sandstone ashlar to S elevation, with droved ashlar quoins to openings, polished ashlar raised quoins and chamfered margins to windows; harl-pointed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings to N elevation; line-rendered W elevation. Rusticated quoins.

N (NORTH STREET) ELEVATION: irregular. Window to right of centre at 1st floor. Window at ground and at 1st floor in bay to right. Bipartite window at ground of bay to left and window at 1st floor above. Modern line-rendered platform-roofed garage set back to W with timber porch in re-entrant angle.

S ELEVATION: regularly disposed. Door to centre at ground with letterbox fanlight above; Tudor hoodmould; window at 1st floor above. Window to each floor of flanking bays. Later lean-to conservatory at ground spanning bay to left and to centre, breaking hoodmould.

Variety of windows, mainly uPVC. Slate roof with brick wallhead stacks to W and E. Metal mesh snowboard at eaves to S from centre to outer left.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1995.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEWAY: to SW. Tall sandstone wall with moulded coping. Tudor arched gateway near house with hoodmould with carved head at apex; modern boarded door. Further carved head to left of gate.

Statement of Interest

The gateway with its carved heads comes for the Langton estate, according to the present owner.

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