Description

Circa 1865. 2-storey, 3-bay, symmetrical villa, 1 of neighbouring pair. Roughly coursed rubble with contrasting cream ashlar sandstone dressings. Stone mullions and eaves course.

Principal elevation: tripartite doorway at centre (modern door) with strip fanlight; tripartite windows in outer bays at ground floor in rectangular projections, linked across centre bay to create tripartite loggia with ashlar Doric columns, continuous cornice and blocking course; decorative wrought-iron brattishing. French window to balcony at 1st floor centre; bipartite windows flanking in outer bays. Blank gable end elevations with ashlar coped skews, and consoled and circular-pedimented skewputts. Coped ashlar end stacks. Plate glass glazing pattern in sash and case windows. Grey slates.

Decorative gutter fixtures and gutterheads retained. Stone steps to terrace in front of principal elevation, with dies mounted by stone urns at foot.

Statement of Interest

12 St Leonard's Road and 13 were designed as an identical pair, and bar minor, later alterations, they retain this common identity.

Statutory address and listed building record updated in 2015. Previously listed as "3 St Leonard's Road Laurelbank".

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17826698

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)