Description

Late 19th century and circa 1920. Unusual, crescendoing, multi-gabled former hotel. Asymmetrical in plan and elevation. Single storey and 2-storey & attic and 2 storeys. Harled, painted and with imitation timber-framing.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: advancing and rising from left to right. 3 2-storey gables to right; Tudor arched gateway at ground with wrought-iron gates and large 2-leaf panelled doors behind, 2 canted oriel windows at 1st floor. Single storey and attic section to left with verandah and jettied gable to outer left. Timber-mullioned bipartite windows.

N ELEVATION: 2-storey wing with gabled projection off-set to left.

S ELEVATION: single storey and attic end. Piended dormers.

W ELEVATION: complex of gables and projecting wings.

Timber sash and case windows, plate glass. Grey slate pitched roofs, those to S with scalloped and diamond tiles laid in patterned courses. Harled ridge stacks .

BOUNDARY WALLS: timber 'stake' walls to E, S and W.

Statement of Interest

Shown on the 1903 Edition OS map as "The Villa", the 2-storey section to the north was probably added circa 1920 when it became a hotel.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata IDs Q77774730 Q77774733

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)