Description

Late 19th century. Asymmetrical, single storey, 3-bay gabled cottage with pitched, single storey outbuilding linked at rear. Squared and snecked whinstone rubble; slightly droved sandstone ashlar dressings. Raised base course; steeply pitched crowstepped gables. Raised quoins; long and short surrounds to openings; stop-chamfered sandstone mullions; projecting, painted cills.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber panelled door at ground in penultimate bay to outer right; bipartite window in bay to outer right; advanced, piended quadripartite window centred in crowstepped gable to left of centre.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: bipartite windows in both bays main block; lean-to link to single bay outbuilding to outer left.

Predominantly leaded glazing. Red tile roof; crowstepped skews; beak skewputts; coped ridge and apex stacks; circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

Statement of Interest

The use of leaded glazing and steeply pitched crowstepped gables is unusual in a domestic context, being more commonly found on ecclesiastical buildings.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77770696

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)