Description

Circa 1880. Single-storey and attic, L-plan stable range with boundary wall forming courtyard located 20m E of Crookston House. Squared and snecked whinstone rubble with pale sandstone dressings. 3-bay W wing with segmental-arched openings to ground; shouldered and thistle-finialed gable above flanked by piended dormers breaking eaves. Long wing extending to E with 2 segmental arched openings towards E end. Irregular arrangement of doorways and fenestration elsewhere.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows, plate glass to principal floor. Grey slate roof. End stacks with clay cans.

BOUNDARY WALLS: rubble with rubble coping and ashlar dressings.

Statement of Interest

B-Group with 'Crookston House Including Gates, Gatepiers and Quadrant Walls' and 'Crookston House, South Gate Lodge' (see separate listings).

A good example of a mid to late 19th century L-plan stable range with segmental arches, piended dormers and courtyard. Its original association with Crookston House as part of the wider Crookston Estate adds to its interest. Crookston itself is a well-detailed Jacobethan-Style country house built for John Borthwick, 13th Of Crookston, and substantially remodelled and extended by the prominent Edinburgh architectural firm Wardrop & Brown. The predominant portion of the former stables have been converted for residential use and are no longer in the possession of the Borthwick family.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77781221

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)