Survey Data
Reg No
41400938
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Drumreask
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
House
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
264436, 334875
Date Recorded
18/04/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1870, having attic storey to west end with gabled front, gabled porch, gabled bay window to east end of front, and with lean-to roofed addition to rear (south) elevation. Pitched slate roof, red brick diamond-plan chimneystacks with stepped caps, clay chimneypots and smooth render bases. Decorative timber bargeboards and pointed finials to all gables. Replacement rainwater goods. Harl-rendered walls, with painted shield-shaped tooled stone crests to porch and east gable, having three carved fish. Square-headed window openings with moulded render surrounds and timber sliding sash windows, four-over-four pane to front, double to west bay and triple to west gable, and with some replacement timber windows to rear. Square-headed door opening to front having chamfered render surround, and replacement timber door and sidelights. Square-headed door opening to lean-to. Recent timber boundary fence to site.
Appraisal
This modest but attractive gate lodge is enlivened and enhanced by decorative timber bargeboards and finials and tooled stone crests, which add an artistic touch to the site in keeping with its gabled form. The varied small-pane timber sliding sash windows add further interest. Formerly the gate lodge for Drumreaske estate, this building forms a pleasant eye-catcher on the roadside.