Description

Mid to later 18th century with later additions and alterations. 2 storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan house with single storey, lean-to addition recessed to outer left. Whitewashed rubble sandstone to front and sides; painted margins; random rubble sandstone at rear (heavy pointing); cream sandstone margins.

SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: part-glazed boarded timber door centred at ground; chamfered door surround; single window breaking eaves in gabled dormerhead above. Windows at both floors in flanking bays (1st floor windows breaking eaves in gabled dormerheads). Lean-to addition recessed to outer left.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-bay. Small single window at ground in bay to left; single windows at 1st floor in bays to left and right.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: irregularly fenestrated.

12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; small rooflight at rear. Grey slate roof; raised stone skews; replacement rainwater goods. Brick built apex stacks to NE and SW; circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALL: rubble-coped, harl-pointed rubble wall enclosing site to front (brick-faced inner lining in part).

Statement of Interest

Originally an inn. A faded date inscribed in the door lintel is said to read either '1751' or '1757'. Set on the riverbank, to the NW of Longformacus Bridge (see separate list entry), this simple cottage remains an important landmark within the village.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77772679

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)