Description

Later and late 19th century. 3 timber, single storey gabled workshops/stores, sited to SE of stables, by cast-iron former ballroom. Slatted timber with boarded doors and doors with boarding spaced for ventilation.

N workshop: 3 sliding machinery doors to S at centre and left, 3 fixed 4-pane windows flanking; implement shed to right with cast-iron columns and 2-leaf doors. W gable end with 2 doors at ground and loft door above, with loading platform. Purple slates and cast-iron rooflights. Clay ridge. Brick ridge stack.

S workshop: L-plan. Variety of glazing to windows to S and 2 doors; brick stack in re-entrant angle formed with shorter wing running S. 2-leaf doors to W gable. Graded grey slates, lead flashings and 2 metal ventilators. Cast-iron rooflights.

E store: 2-leaf doors to W elevation. Corrugated roof.

Statement of Interest

The workshops are of interest as components of the Castle estate, proximity to stables, ballroom, larders and Karim Cottage, and for their form and materials. Reference is made in the archives to the erection of a new fuel shed in 1875, possibly the N workshop/ store described here.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77781744

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings