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Well Cottage, Main Street, Leitholm

A Category C Listed Building in Eccles, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.6905 / 55°41'25"N

Longitude: -2.3351 / 2°20'6"W

OS Eastings: 379033

OS Northings: 644166

OS Grid: NT790441

Mapcode National: GBR D24M.8Y

Mapcode Global: WH8XN.37BF

Plus Code: 9C7VMMR7+6X

Entry Name: Well Cottage, Main Street, Leitholm

Listing Name: Leitholm, Main Street, Well Cottage

Listing Date: 1 February 1999

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392931

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45894

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200392931

Location: Eccles

County: Scottish Borders

Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire

Parish: Eccles

Traditional County: Berwickshire

Tagged with: Cottage

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Description

Late 18th, early 19th century with later additions and alterations. Single storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan cottage forming end of terrace with single storey addition at rear forming L-plan; single storey, 3-bay garage block adjoined to left. Whitewashed harl to cottage; painted margins; projecting cills. Whitewashed rubble to adjoining block.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: boarded timber door off-set to right of centre; single windows in flanking bays. 3-bay block to left with 2-leaf boarded timber garage doors off-set to right of centre; single windows in flanking bays.

SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: main house with single window at ground off-set to left of centre. Single storey addition to right with part-glazed boarded timber door to left.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen 1998.

4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to cottage; 6-pane glazing to garage block. Grey slate roof to cottage; raised skews; brick apex stacks; circular can to SW. Corrugated-iron roof to rear addition and garage block.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

Statement of Interest

A relatively early, modestly detailed cottage fronting Leitholm's Main Street. According to the present occupant, the 3-bay garage block was originally a separate cottage.

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