Description

Sir John James Burnet (Burnet & Son) 1885, large snecked rubble mansionhouse on picturesque hillside site. Main block large square flat-roofed 2 storey and basement mass raised a stage as broad low tower at SW angle. Very severe simple treatment with some early Renaissance detail. SE angel splayed, treated as corner bay with pedimented windows.

Parapet balustraded, regrettably largely replaced by solid Fyfestone parapet 1976; interesting arched entrance porch on W entrance elevation, squat columns with sculptured capitals of American Romanesque derivation; lower 2-storey NW wing with slated roof forming L-plan forecourt.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17849248

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)