Description

Early 20th century. 2-storey (with attic to rear), 8-bay, asymmetrical-plan detached villa. Squared, red sandstone and red brick. Base course.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to round-arched entrance; depressed panels to keystoned surround; timber door; letterbox fanlight; 6-light mullioned and transomed window to right; square-headed 3-light dormer aligned above. 3-light window at ground floor; 2-light window at 1st floor to advanced gable to penultimate bay to right; blind bay to outer right. 2 pairs of 2-light windows at ground floor to gabled bay to left of entrance; 4 single windows at 1st floor (larger window to left); 2 narrow slit windows to penultimate bay to left. Square-headed entrance and single window to left of recessed bay to outer left; small square opening above entrance.

W ELEVATION: not seen 1999.

S ELEVATION: asymmetrical; ground floor not seen 1999; gabled bay breaking eaves to centre, bipartite windows; regular fenestration to 1st floor of flanking bays; bays to outer right stepped down.

E ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 2 gabled bays, bay to left advanced, window off-centre to right of ground floor, windows to right return; irregular fenestration to ground floor of bay to right, bipartite window to 1st floor.

Predominantly 8- and 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Slate roof; stone skews; rooflights; gablehead, pitch and ridge brick stacks; circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALL: banded, square-plan brick gatepiers; (finials to screen wall to E of main house); iron and timber gates; terracotta ridge to brick boundary wall enclosing site.

Statement of Interest

Good example of early 20th century domestic architecture, with its notable varying gable heights and prominent brick stacks.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77773923

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)