Description

Mid 19th century. 2-storey, gabled, asymmetrical-plan villa. Squared and snecked sandstone, polished sandstone margins and dressings, harled side and rear elevations ; base course, raised quoins, overhanging eaves, exposed rafters.

Southwest (main) elevation: 2 storey block with single storey bay to outer left. Gabled bay advanced, bowed window, decorative cast-iron balcony; tripartite window at 1st floor. Gabled porch in re-entrant angle to right, 2-leaf half-glazed door, blind window at outer right return. Single storey to outer left, bipartite window.

Southeast elevation: broad, harled gable to outer right with porch to left, gabled dormer. Windows at ground, 1st floor to right of gable; single storey block to outer right, bipartite window. Plate glass sash and case window. Purple/grey slate roof, broad wallhead stack at rear, octagonal cans, apex stacks at single storey blocks.

Gatepiers and boundary wall: gatepiers with stop chamfered arrises, trefoil headed caps. Whinstone wall with heavy harl pointing; quatrz coping.

Statement of Interest

The villa is shown on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map and is similar in style to Seymour lodge (LB43465) designed by Alexander Thomson. It is one of a number of good villas along the Rosneath Road.

Minor updates to Description and Statement of Special Interest sections in 2017.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77770075

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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