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Latitude: 55.8077 / 55°48'27"N
Longitude: -2.492 / 2°29'31"W
OS Eastings: 369262
OS Northings: 657264
OS Grid: NT692572
Mapcode National: GBR C118.9Y
Mapcode Global: WH8WZ.P9K3
Plus Code: 9C7VRG55+36
Entry Name: Riverside Cottage, Longformacus
Listing Name: Riverside Cottage Including Boundary Wall
Listing Date: 19 August 1998
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 392587
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45626
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200392587
Location: Longformacus
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire
Parish: Longformacus
Traditional County: Berwickshire
Tagged with: Cottage
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).
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.
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