Description

Later 18th century with earlier to mid 19th century and later alterations. 2-storey, 3 bay house (2-bay at 1st floor) forming part of terrace fronting green. Squared and snecked tooled cream sandstone; droved sandstone dressings. Stugged long and short surrounds to openings; projecting cills (painted); bracketed timber bargeboards to gableheads.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber panelled door centred at ground; engraved fanlight. Single window at ground in bay to outer left; gabled window breaking eaves above. Boarded timber garage doors (former cart opening) at ground in bay to outer right; heavy timber lintel; gabled window breaking eaves above.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: single storey, rectangular-plan outbuilding set to front.

4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to front; small skylight. Grey slate roof; raised skew to NE. Part brick apex stack to NE; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

Statement of Interest

B Group comprises Nos 9-30 The Green (inclusive Nos excluding 12, 16, 25 and 29), the former Free Church, Main Street (now a village hall) and Nos 29-33, 35, 39, 41, 43, 47, 36, 46 and 48 Main Street - see separate list entries. A well-detailed house forming part of a terrace fronting a large village green. The cart opening, one of only a few remaining, is a remnant from the days when the village was full of travellers. Developed in the later 18th century, the rectangular plan green is lined with cottages on 3 sides and is enclosed by Main Street to the N. Swinton Cross - a classical column dated 1769, still stands in the centre (see separate entry). Individually, the houses lining The Green have retained some good, if varied detailing and thereby, a degree of architectural significance. As a group, they remain an interesting, and relatively rare example of an early planned village, comparable with the likes of Yetholm. In 1866, approximately a century after the replacement of "...a few miserable huts" with "...one spacious square, with a green in the middle" (STATISTICAL ACCOUNT, 1793), Rutherfurd referred to Swinton as a "...pleasant and important village."

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77772946

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)