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Latitude: 55.0511 / 55°3'4"N
Longitude: -3.4864 / 3°29'11"W
OS Eastings: 305134
OS Northings: 573969
OS Grid: NY051739
Mapcode National: GBR 4B21.Z3
Mapcode Global: WH5WS.F90K
Plus Code: 9C7R3G27+FC
Entry Name: Brocklehirst House
Listing Name: Brocklehirst, Including Terrace Steps
Listing Date: 25 April 1997
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 390879
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44185
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200390879
Location: Mouswald
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Annandale South
Parish: Mouswald
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
Tagged with: House
Later 19th century; re-modelled and extended early 20th century. 2-storey, irregular-plan house with Italianate entrance tower. Coursed whinstone rubble with contrasting polished ashlar dressings. Overhanging eaves; decorative pierced bargeboards; raised window surrounds.
S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 9-bay; 3-stage entrance tower with advanced round-arched, pilastered, and balustraded open porch to ground; timber panelled door with fanlight above; bipartite window to 2nd stage;
3 round-headed windows to all faces of 3rd stage. Advanced gabled outer bays and bay to left of centre. Former segmental-arched doorway, now window, in penultimate bay to left.
2-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roofs; corniced ridge stacks; moulded octagonal cans.
TERRACE STEPS: 3 flights of stone steps from lawn, axial with entrance.
The house started life as a moderate sized 4-bay villa with an Italianate entrance tower. The early 20th century re-modelling re-sited the entrance in a larger balustraded tower. The 3rd stage
of the original entrance tower has subsequently been removed.
A photograph of the first house circa 1900 (NMRS ref 7309) records it as the property of J Jardine-Paterson.
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