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Gates & Gatepiers, Kipperoch House, Kipperoch Road, Renton

A Category C Listed Building in Leven, West Dunbartonshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9623 / 55°57'44"N

Longitude: -4.6048 / 4°36'17"W

OS Eastings: 237503

OS Northings: 677432

OS Grid: NS375774

Mapcode National: GBR 0K.X9JB

Mapcode Global: WH3NJ.7DJK

Plus Code: 9C7QX96W+W3

Entry Name: Gates & Gatepiers, Kipperoch House, Kipperoch Road, Renton

Listing Name: Renton, Kipperoch Road, Kipproch House with Gates and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 23 February 1996

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389225

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB42923

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Kipperoch House, Kipperoch Road, Renton
Kipperoch House with Gates and Gatepiers

ID on this website: 200389225

Location: Cardross

County: West Dunbartonshire

Electoral Ward: Leven

Parish: Cardross

Traditional County: Dunbartonshire

Tagged with: House

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Description

Later 19th century. 2-storey over raised basement, 3-bay, rectangular- plan villa with Baronial details. Stugged, squared and snecked sandstone with ashlar margins and dressings. Rusticated base; curved arrises; chamfered arrises; moulded eaves.

S (MAIN) ELEVATION: ashlar steps with stepped ashlar balustrade; droved ashlar doorpiece; balconette parapet on brackets with nailhead motif, monogram ABJS in raised disc at centre of parapet; acorn leaf frieze. 4-panelled wooden door, plate glass fanlight, inner half-glazed vestibule door. Window directly above. Slightly advanced gabled bay to outer right, full-height canted ashlar window at centre; monogram JE between floors. Slightly advanced bipartite window to outer left, AR monogram between floors, pediment with lancet breaking eaves above.

N ELEVATION: 3 bays, 2-bay gable apex stack, windows symmetrically disposed, bay slightly recessed to outer left. Grilles over lights to basement.

E ELEVATION: 4 bays, blank bay to penultimate left with shouldered wallhead stack. Grilled openings to basement.

Plate glass timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof, lead flashings; coped wallhead, apex stacks.

GATES AND GATEPIERS: Paired ashlar incised triangular decoration on pier, ashlar candlesnuffer caps, ball finial; pedestrian gates to outer left and right. Cast-iron arrowhead railings.

Statement of Interest

Kipperoch Farm is listed separately.

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