Description

Mid 19th century with later additions and alterations. Single storey with attic, 6-bay terraced cottages with the Old School House terminating terrace to N. Stugged squared and snecked ashlar with droved ashlar dressings; rubble to rear of Old School House. Slightly raised long and short quoins; chamfered margins; Tudor hoodmoulds to openings.

E (STREET) ELEVATION: spacing of 3 bays to right is irregular with bay to right broader. Each 3-bay group with panelled door to centre and fanlight above (2-pane fanlight in door to centre of 3-bay group to left); gabled window breaking eaves to attic above; window to each flanking bay.

W ELEVATION: full-height addition to centre of 3-bay group to N (The Old School House) with further single storey, half-piended addition. 2-leaf panelled door with 2-pane rectangular fanlight to outer left of N return elevation. Single storey addition to centre of 3-bay group to S.

Variety of windows with plate glass timber sash and case windows to Old School House; 4-pane windows to 3-bay group to left with hopper to one upper pane. Slate roof with ornamental fishscale slates in bands. Brick mutual stack to S and between cottages; 2-flue brick gablehead stack to N; 3-flue brick gablehead stack to addition to rear. Ornamental bargeboarding to N gable and to eaves. Plain bargeboarding to dormerheads.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1996.

Statement of Interest

The ornamental slating indicates that the property was part of the Blackadder estate. The Old School House is also known occasionally as Fernbank.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77772515

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014