Description

Dated 1774 with later alterations. Single storey, 3-bay cottage with further 2-bay wing to outer left forming part of terrace fronting green. Tooled sandstone rubble; droved cream sandstone dressings. Droved long and short surrounds to openings; projecting cills.

SW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: main house with boarded timber door centred at ground; lintel inscribed ?T/I F? 1774?; single windows in flanking bays. Wing adjoined to left with single window in bay to right; boarded timber door in bay to outer left.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen 1998.

12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; small skylights. Grey slate roof; raised stone skews; cast-iron rainwater goods. Brick ridge and apex stacks; circular cans.

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. Dated 1774, this simple cottage forms part of a terrace fronting a large village green. 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 Q77772979

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  For the Record
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)