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Leithen Cottage, 13 The Green, Swinton

A Category C Listed Building in Swinton, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.7194 / 55°43'9"N

Longitude: -2.2643 / 2°15'51"W

OS Eastings: 383497

OS Northings: 647363

OS Grid: NT834473

Mapcode National: GBR D2M9.LL

Mapcode Global: WH9YM.6H1S

Plus Code: 9C7VPP9P+Q7

Entry Name: Leithen Cottage, 13 The Green, Swinton

Listing Name: 13 the Green Leithen Cottage

Listing Date: 25 September 1998

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392699

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45727

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200392699

Location: Swinton

County: Scottish Borders

Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire

Parish: Swinton

Traditional County: Berwickshire

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Description

Later 18th century with later alterations and additions. Single storey with attic, 3-bay cottage forming part of terrace fronting green. Whitewashed harl; painted margins.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber panelled door centred at ground; single windows at ground in flanking bays; gabled windows breaking eaves above.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: glazed addition at ground; large box dormer above.

4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to front; small skylight; modern windows at rear. Steeply pitched grey slate roof; raised skews; replacement rainwater goods. Mutual (?) brick ridge stack to SW; cans missing.

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 simple cottage forming part of a terrace fronting a large village green. The skew to the NE suggests the roof was originally pitched more steeply than at present. 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."

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