Description

Later 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan gabled villa. Whinstone and sandstone rubble wth painted polished stone margins and dressings; chamfered reveals. Base course, quoins, decorative bargeboarded gables.

E (MAIN) ELEVATION: broad gable to outer left, canted bay at ground, pierced trefoil stone balustrade, window directly above (original bipartite, minus mullion). Narrow, gabled porch in re-entrant angle to right, 4-panelled door with anchor plaque above, window on right return; small dormerheaded window breaking eaves at attic. Bipartite window at ground right.

4-pane, plate glass sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof, lead flashings; sandstone coped ridge stacks with octagonal cans.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: whinstone walls with semicircular quartz coping; painted ashlar gatepiers with pyramidal caps.

Statement of Interest

The building is shown on the 1st edition and is identified as Argyll Cottage.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56647865

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings