Description

Attributed to William Allan and William Friskin, circa 1925. 2-storey and attic, double-pile, irregular-plan, late Arts and Crafts style villa with single storey and attic garage wing. Harled, some ashlar dressings, weathered red tile roof. Windows mostley single, bi- and tripartite, timber-framed casements with transoms and mullions, some with metal astragels remaining. Deep boarded eaves, cast-iron rainwater goods with decorative hopper at W, steep bell-cast roof with terracotta ridge tiles, moulded ashlar-capped stacks with uniform red cans rising through partially concealed attic storey in valley.

N ELEVATION: gabled stairwell advanced to right with cross window, door at right return with painted doorcase and decoratively moulded lintel under swept down roof with gable projecting through eaves, window to left return; 4 windows at ground floor left, 2 at 1st, asymmetrically arranged, all with original astragals; single storey projection with window at left return, cross window at 1st floor in lop-sided gable. Low linking bay recessed to outer left with door and window linked to pyramidal roofed garage with sliding doors, window at left return with modern lean-to greenhouse and dormer window.

S ELEVATION: main house to left has prominent 8-light canted window advanced and clasping to left angle under swept down roof with deep eaves, tripartite window at right, 2 tripartites at 1st floor, wallhead raising eaves to wide cat-slide roof; cross window at 1st floor right return. N elevation range extends at right with unsympathetic sliding glass doors recessed at ground floor under steep swept down cat-slide roof. Blind bay with brick ventilation feature further recessed at far right links to garage at outer right with 4-light window.

W ELEVATION: M-gabled, swept down at right, 2 cross windows at ground and 1st floor.

INTERIOR: most original features remain including moulded chimneypieces and some light fittings. En-suite drawing and dining rooms with cornices and beams decorated with Arts and Crafts style floreate and foliate plaster work. Doors, architraves, scale and platt staircase including balusters have original stippled paintwork.

GATEPIERS AND QUADRANTS: 2 snecked rubble gatepiers with mannered pyramidal caps and round-coped quadrants at W.

Statement of Interest

The house was probably designed by William Friskin. The original interior work is a notable feature of this house. There is a recently planted formal garden within the extensive wooded grounds which contribute to the amenity of the house.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17772132

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