Priorwood House, Polton Bank, Polton, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian

Entry Name: Priorwood House, Polton Bank, Polton

Listing Name: Polton Bank, Priorwood House, Formerly Mavisbush House, Including Gates, Gatepiers and Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 7 March 1997

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 390861

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44168

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200390861

Location: Lasswade

County: Midlothian

Electoral Ward: Bonnyrigg

Parish: Lasswade

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: House

Description

Earlier-mid 19th century with later alterations and additions. 2-storey, formerly symmetrical, 5-bay classical house with advanced 5-light bay to left of centre and single storey, addition to NE. Grey sandstone ashlar with polished ashlar dressings to NW; stugged sandstone to sides and rear elevation. Raised margins to windows; stone mullions to advanced bay window; base course; band course between ground and 1st floor; eaves cornice and blocking course; long and short quoins. Rectangular plan garage to E.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: bays grouped 1-3-1 with addition to NE: slightly advanced 3-bay group to centre: advanced, square plan pedimented and corniced doorcase with Doric columns; timber panelled door with multi-pane fanlight above; window at 1st floor above. Window to each floor in bay to right. Tripartite window with single windows to returns to each floor of advanced squared bay to left. Window to each floor of each bay set back to outer right and left. Single storey addition: 3 stepped bays; window in bay to outer left; window in return; window in return of blank bay to centre; window in bay to right.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: 5-bay, symmetrical with 3-bay group to centre slightly advanced. Stair window in bay to centre. French windows (modern) at ground with window at 1st floor above in flanking bays. Window at ground in bay to outer right; window at 1st floor above. Modern conservatory at ground in bay ton outer left; window at 1st floor above.

SW ELEVATION: 4-bay with conservatory projecting to right. Window at ground in each bay flanking centre; window at 1st floor in bay to centre above; wallhead stack above. Window (boarded) in bay to left. 2-leaf door with tilt fanlight above in bay to right.

NE (SERVICE WING) ELEVATION: irregular 3-bay. Window (boarded) at ground in bay to centre; non-aligned wallhead stack above. Square-plan, single storey addition at ground in bay to left with timber panelled door and multi-paned fanlight above; further, lower projecting block advanced to NE to left of door; window at 1st floor above. 4-bay single storey projection at ground in bay to right. Part-glazed door in bay to right of centre in left return; window in each bay to left of centre; boarded door in bay to outer right.

12-pane and 2-pane timber sash and case windows; small-pane French windows to rear; lying pane windows to parts of service wing. Grey slate piended roof; slate to addition and conservatory; twin polished ashlar, coped octagonal stacks linked by keystone arch to NE and SW; grouped octagonal wallhead stacks to central 3-bay block; cast iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: architraved timber panelled doors; those in dressing room curved with walls; some decorative plaster cornices and dado rails still extant; late 18th century timber composition chimmneypiece; early 19th century timber chimmneypiece; variegated marble chimmneypiece.

GATEPIERS, GATES AND BOUNDARY WALLS: later tapered square-plan sandstone ashlar gatepiers with base course, cornice and square cap, (shared with De Quincey Cottage. See separate listing); replacement wrought-iron gates; squared sandstone rubble walls with ashlar cope.

Statement of Interest

The house was built for Mr Todd, a local mill owner. Information courtesy of the owner. Apart from the bay window to the front elevation, probably added in the late 19th century, the house would have been symmetrical and classical.

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