Description

Mid 19th century. Single storey and attic, 3 bay, rectangular plan stable block, now a private house. Tooled squared and snecked rubble with droved dressings. Chamfered reveals.

SW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; central doorway to ground with 2 leaf boarded timber door; 4 pane window to right; boarded timber stable door in bay to left with 2 pane fanlight; timber and glazed casement window with boarded timber shutters breaking eaves with catslide roof above; 2 pane horizontal window to outer left; large 2 leaf boarded timber door to outer right with 8 pane window above.

SE ELEVATION: symmetrical; random rubble; central 2 pane window to ground.

NE ELEVATION: asymmetrical; random rubble with extension to outer left; quoins of original building off centre to left; 4 pane window off centre to right at ground.

NW ELEVATION: blank.

Variety of fixed, casement, and sash and case timber windows. Graded grey slate roof with regularly placed slate ventilators and irregular skylights to rear; lead ridge; coped ashlar skews. Cast iron rainwater goods. Gablehead stack to SE.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

Statement of Interest

The building was presumably the stables for Borthwick Manse, and may also have accommodated the hearse.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77771130

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6