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Latitude: 55.9546 / 55°57'16"N
Longitude: -2.9789 / 2°58'44"W
OS Eastings: 338971
OS Northings: 673940
OS Grid: NT389739
Mapcode National: GBR 2J.XW4B
Mapcode Global: WH7TV.6LQH
Plus Code: 9C7VX23C+RC
Entry Name: Dovecot House, Preston Road, Prestonpans
Listing Name: Preston, Preston Road, Dovecot House, Including Boundary Wall
Listing Date: 29 March 2000
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 394394
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB47014
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200394394
Location: Prestonpans
County: East Lothian
Electoral Ward: Preston, Seton and Gosford
Parish: Prestonpans
Traditional County: East Lothian
Tagged with: Cottage
18th century, with earlier 19th century 2-storey addition. Single storey, 3-bay cottage with 2-storey, 2-bay, L-plan house addition, with bay to right projecting. Rendered and whitewashed coursed rubble, and stugged, squared and snecked sandstone. Projecting cills. Base course.
N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3-bay cottage with regular fenestration, centre window in part-infilled former doorway; addition to right with 4-panel timber door, 2-pane rectangular fanlight in bay to left at ground, window above; window centred at ground in projecting bay to right, window above; single windows at both floors to return.
W ELEVATION: predominantly blank, with window to outer right at ground; single storey addition to right, with pair of windows.
S (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 2000.
E ELEVATION: not seen, 2000.
Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Gablehead and wallhead stacks; corniced, with variety of cans. Coped skews.
INTERIOR: not seen, 2000.
BOUNDARY WALL: remains of rubble wall projecting slightly to W, alongside Preston Road; flat-coped.
Fine earlier 19th century addition to earlier cottage, named for its proximity to Northfield House Dovecot (see separate listing).
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