Description

Later 18th century; made into single residence later 20th century; various additions and alterations. Single storey with attic, 4-bay cottage forming end of terrace, fronting green; 2 storey wing at rear forming L-plan (originally No 24). Painted harl to front; raised base course; painted strip quoins; painted margins. Heavily pointed sandstone rubble to sides and rear; droved sandstone dressings.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber panelled door off-set to right of centre; small window to outer right; single windows in remaining bays to left. Gabled dormer off-set to left of centre.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: 4-bay. Boarded timber door at ground off set to left of centre; single window aligned at 1st floor; small single window at ground in bay to right. Single window at ground in bay to outer left; blind window off-set to left above. Single windows at both floors in bay to outer right.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: projecting gabled wing to outer right with modern window centred at ground; single window at 1st floor; urn shaped sandstone finial surmounting gablehead. Glazed additions fronting remaining bays recessed to left; crowstepped dormer off-set to right with surmounting decorative sandstone finial.

Predominantly 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to front and sides; 9- and 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows at rear (some modern windows). Steeply pitched grey slate roof; raised stone skews. Predominantly brick ridge stacks; coped and rendered 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. An unusually-detailed cottage, forming the end of a terrace, fronting a large village green. The decorative finials and crowstepped dormer may derive from a period when the house was occupied by a stonemason, Mr Swine. 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 Q77772972

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