Description

Early 19th century. Symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay plain classical style cottage with stair tower centred at rear; single storey addition recessed to outer left; pitched porch entered from side at rear. Whitewashed harl; painted surrounds to openings.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: part-glazed timber panelled door centred at ground; single window aligned at 1st floor; single windows at both floors in flanking bays. Flat-roofed, single storey addition recessed to outer left.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: single window at 1st floor off-set to left of centre; single door and flanking window in porch addition to outer right; stair tower set behind.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof; coped rendered apex stacks; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

Statement of Interest

Marked on the 1863 map as "Mid Ascog House". Thought at one time to have been a nunnery, the 1924 map labels the house "St Margaret's Home". According to G Stamp, Weir Schultz worked at St Margaret's during the late 19th century - it is assumed that the work carried out was internal. This modest house has retained some good details, including its timber sash and case windows, apex stacks and plain, painted margins. The lack of a base course, and the widely spaced, smaller 1st floor windows indicate that it dates from the early 19th century.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17771573

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)