Description

Dated 1864, enlarged. Single and 2-storey, 4-bay gabled farmhouse. Whitewashed polychrome brick. Segmental-headed openings.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: advanced gable to right of centre with window to each floor, window to each floor of set-back bay to outer right with full-height stepped chimney breast in re-entrant. Small gabled porch with window projecting to left of centre, later lean-to porch in re-entrant, further window set-back beyond.

SW ELEVATION: broad low gable with window to right, full-height stepped chimney breast with narrow light to left, small incised dated stone in gablehead.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: advanced gable to left with pentice-roofed bay at ground, window above and dominant shouldered stack to right. Flat-roofed extension in re-entrant to right.

NE ELEVATION: later gable to left with window at 1st floor, further fixed window (altered from door) set-back to right.

4- and 8-pane glazing patterns in timber sash and case windows except to NW extension. Graded grey slates. Coped polychrome brick stacks, 1 cavetto-coped and diamond-aligned, with some cans. Overhanging eaves with plain bargeboarding and decorative braces; cast-iron downpipes with decorative rainwater hoppers.

INTERIOR: retains timber fire surrounds.

Statement of Interest

Myreside was built for Megginch Estate along with nearby 'Oldwood' and 'Balmalcolm', of similar design and both dated 1863 though altered.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77776391

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)