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Green View, 14 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: -2.2641 / 2°15'50"W

OS Eastings: 383506

OS Northings: 647367

OS Grid: NT835473

Mapcode National: GBR D2M9.MK

Mapcode Global: WH9YM.6H3R

Plus Code: 9C7VPP9P+Q9

Entry Name: Green View, 14 The Green, Swinton

Listing Name: 14 the Green, Greenview

Listing Date: 25 September 1998

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392700

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45728

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200392700

Location: Swinton

County: Scottish Borders

Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire

Parish: Swinton

Traditional County: Berwickshire

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Description

Later 18th century with earlier to mid 19th century and later additions and alterations. 2-storey, 3 bay house forming part of terrace fronting green; single storey wing (former stable?) at rear forming L-plan. Squared and snecked tooled sandstone; stugged and droved sandstone dressings. Long and short surrounds to openings; projecting cills.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: step to timber panelled door centred at ground; decorative 2-pane fanlight; single window aligned above. Single windows at both floors in bay to outer right. Boarded timber garage doors (former cart opening) at ground in bay to outer left; heavy timber lintel; single window above.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: single window at 1st floor in piended projection off-set to right of centre. Projecting single storey gabled wings to outer left; remainder not seen 1998.

4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to front; some replacement glazing at rear. Grey slate roof; raised stone skews; moulded skewputts. Stepped and corniced brick apex stacks; 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."

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