Description

Later 19th century. Two-storey, three-bay, symmetrical, gothic-detailed house with three-light canted windows at ground floor and tripartite finialled gabled windows above. Polished cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Base course, cornice and blocking course to canted windows. Eaves course and cornice. Chamfered reveals to windows, aproned cills, stepped hoodmoulds to the first floor windows. Long and short quoins.

East (principal) elevation: pilastered and corniced doorpiece centred at ground with blank shield motifs flanking frieze and decorative-headed stylised pediment above. Two-leaf timber panelled storm door.

North (side) elevation: round- arched window set window to left at first floor. Window set wide to right at first floor. South (side) elevation: round-arched window set to right at first floor. Window set to left at first floor.

The windows are in a mixture of styles and glazing patterns, predominantly in timber frames. Two-pane glazing to the front elevation. Roof covered in replacement tiles, ashlar coped end chimneystacks (one reinstated), ashlar skews and ridged ashlar skews to the gabled windows with stone spike finials, bracketted skewputts, cast-iron rainwater goods. Small roof light set between gabled windows to front elevation.

Gatepiers and boundary wall: pair of chamfered sandstone ashlar square-plan gatepiers to the north with gablet cap. Low surrounding walls with a ridged ashlar cope in stugged and snecked sandstone and replacment wrought-iron railings.

Interior not seen in 1997.

Statement of Interest

Dalveen meets the criteria for listing for the following reasons:

• The house is constructed in good quality materials and it retains much of its later 19^th century character with its gothic/Tudor-style architectural detailing, particularly to its front and side elevations. Furthermore, the boundary walls and Tudor-style gatepiers are in keeping with the style of the house.
• The building is well-detailed and retains many of its 19^th century features and includes fine architectural details such as its tripartite windows and its prominent, wide-gabled dormers with stone finials and stepped hoodmoulds.
• There have been later alterations, such as the addition of some non-traditional windows, and a lean-to conservatory and porch to the rear, however the building retains a good degree of authenticity to its exterior form and its historic character has not been adversely affected by these later changes.
• It is prominently sited along the main road through Larkhall and is a notable building within its setting.
• It is not a rare or early example of its building type, but its design quality and level of detailing is notable for domestic buildings of this date and type.

Listed building record revised in 2026.

External Links

• Wikidata Q77771020

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)