Description

Later 19th century with later addition. Single storey with attic, near cruciform-plan gabled cottage with 3-bay frontispiece; flat-roofed porch in re-entrant angle to NE. Harl-pointed rubble whinstone; droved sandstone dressings. Overhanging timber bracketed eaves; droved quoins; droved long and short surrounds to openings; projecting, painted cills. Timber mullions.

SE (FRONT) ELEVATION: gabled bay advanced at centre with stone bracketed pentice canopy surmounting single window (former door?) at ground; bipartite window aligned above; decorative timber bargeboards. Tripartite windows at ground in bays recessed to outer left and right; bipartite, gabled wallhead dormers breaking eaves above.

SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: projecting wing to outer right with bipartite window at ground in bay to right. Wing recessed to left with part glazed timber panelled door off-set to right; catslide wallhead dormer breaking eaves off-set to left.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: projecting wing at centre with single windows at both floors in bay to right. Blind bay recessed to outer right; single window in later flat-roofed porch to outer left.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: gabled wing to left with single window at ground in bay to right. Timber panelled door and single window in flat-roofed porch to outer right; triangular-headed, gabled wallhead dormer to original cottage.

Predominantly lying-pane timber casement glazing; some small-pane modern glazing at rear. Grey slate roof; some cast-iron rainwater goods. Corniced brick built ridge stacks; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

GARDEN WALLS, GATEPIERS AND GATES: random rubble walls enclosing site with rubble-walled walled garden to E. Square plan sandstone piers flanking entrance; urn-shaped finials; timber gates.

Statement of Interest

A picturesque cottage overlooking the Dye Water and originally set to the W of Longformacus Mill (itself demolished later 20th century). In spite of its later porch and some modern glazing, much of the original detailing remains.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77772671

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)