Description

Earlier 19th century. 3 detached single storey rectangular-plan cottages forming a row. Painted rubble.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: Ivy Cottage and bowling hall to left: 2-bay bowling hall with single half-window to right adjoining 3-bay Ivy Cottage to left; timber and glass door flanked by single windows. 6-bay to Shore Cottage to centre: timber and glass door to penultimate bay to right; flanking single windows; 3 single windows to left. 7-bay to Shore Cottage to outer right; 4 single windows to left; timber door to right; 2 windows to outer right.

N AND S (SIDE) ELEVATIONS: gabled.

E ELEVATION: gabled addition to Ivy Cottage; piend-roofed wing to bowling hall, comprising toilets and entrance.

4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; coped gablehead and ridge stacks; circular cans; stone skews; rooflight to Ivy Cottage.

INTERIORS: not seen 1999.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATES: painted rubble walls enclosing site; iron gates to entrances.

Statement of Interest

The cottages occupy a prominent position on the main A716 road, and with the retention of their original features form an impressive grouping. Ivy Cottage is marked on the 1850 Ordnance Survey map as a smithy.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77776298

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)