Description

Circa 1860 with later additions and alterations. Pair of single storey with attic, 3-bay cottages forming symmetrical 6-bay block; single storey, piended additions at rear. Squared and snecked stugged red sandstone to front; harl-pointed rubble to sides and rear; sandstone ashlar dressings. Droved quoins; droved long and short surrounds to chamfered openings; timber mullions to bipartites; projecting cills. Overhanging bracketed timber eaves to gabled dormers. Harled additions at rear.

SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: each cottage comprises boarded timber door centred at ground (plate glass fanlight to left; 2-pane fanlight to right); decorative sandstone brackets to pentice porch. Bipartite windows flanking at ground; gabled wallhead dormers aligned above.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: blind elevation to gabled bay; later addition recessed to right.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: single storey piended projections off-set to left and right of centre with single windows and boarded openings.

SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: blind elevation to gabled bay; later addition recessed to left.

Lying-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to front; plate glass and 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows at rear. Grey/purple slate roof; stone skews; bracketed skewputts. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Corniced brick-built ridge and apex stacks; various circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen 1998.

Statement of Interest

B Group comprises Marchmont House, Adam Bridge, the Cottages near the Remains of Redbraes Castle, the Dovecot, Gamekeeper's Cottage, Ice House, The Kennel House, 1 & 2 Marchmont Estate Cottages, Redbraes, Stable Courtyard and the Walled Garden (see separate list entries). Empty 1998. A relatively late, but well-detailed pair of estate cottages set to the E of Marchmont House. The pentice porches, lying-pane glazing and bracketed gables are particularly notable, as they are typical of the estate architecture of Lothian and Borders, and especially the work of the architectural practice of Burn and Bryce.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata IDs Q77774992 Q77774995

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)