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Latitude: 55.8649 / 55°51'53"N
Longitude: -3.0685 / 3°4'6"W
OS Eastings: 333224
OS Northings: 664043
OS Grid: NT332640
Mapcode National: GBR 700M.GF
Mapcode Global: WH6T1.TVZ7
Plus Code: 9C7RVW7J+XH
Entry Name: 21 Murderdean Road, Newtongrange
Listing Name: Newtongrange, 21 and 23 Murderdean Road
Listing Date: 5 May 1999
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 393331
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46137
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200393331
Location: Cockpen
County: Midlothian
Electoral Ward: Midlothian South
Parish: Cockpen
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Late 19th century. Single storey and basement, mirrored pair of 3-bay, rectangular-plan cottages. Red brick with long and short yellow brick dressings. Projecting cills; segmental-arched bipartite windows; corbelled eaves course.
NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical; doorways to penultimate bay to right and left of principal floor, with panelled timber doors and letterbox fanlights; window to each remaining bay. Infilled window openings to basement floor.
NW ELEVATION: window off-centre to right of basement, flanked by infilled door and window openings.
SW ELEVATION: not seen 1998.
SE ELEVATION: infilled door and window openings to basement floor.
10-pane timber sash and case windows. Piended grey slate roof with terracotta ridge with terracotta finials to apex. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: not seen 1998.
21 & 23 Murderdean Road were built to house the managers of a nearby oil well, which was owned by the Coal Board. The Lady Victoria Colliery (see separate listing) is adjacent, and the corbelled eaves course is the same as that on some of the colliery sheds. Newtongrange was Scotland's largest mining village.
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