Description

Later 18th century with later additions and alterations. Single storey, 3-bay cottage forming part of terrace fronting green. Dry-dashed; painted margins; projecting cills. Single storey, 3-bay rectangular plan ancillary structure (but-and-ben) at rear.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: replacement door off-set to left of centre; single windows in flanking bays.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen 1998.

4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to front. Steeply pitched grey slate roof; raised skews. Brick ridge stack to NE (mutual with No 23?); cans missing.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

ANCILLARY STRUCTURE: harl-pointed red sandstone rubble; long and short sandstone dressings. SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: boarded timber door off-set to right of centre; single windows in flanking bays. SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: boarded timber door at ground off set to left of centre; single window centred in gablehead; ball finial surmounting. 12- and 16-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; 2-pane upper, boarded lower attic light. Vented grey slate roof; raised stone skews; cast-iron rainwater goods. INTERIOR: original cobbled floors; rubble walls; boarded timber ceilings; fireplaces/hearths in place.

Statement of Interest

NOTES: 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 ancillary structure, possibly a but and-ben, is particularly interesting as the majority of its original features remain. It is owned by, and can be accessed from, the adjacent No 21 (see separate entry). 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 Q77772969

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