Description

17th century original block, rectangular lying N-S,
3-storey crowstepped with twin circular attic windows in
gables; NE wing perhaps of same date or only slightly
later; low wing at S gable also of late 17th/early 18th
century, 2-storey with circular attic window in gable,
also crowstepped. Extended 1802, NE wing doubled in length
and in width on S; remodelled and extended 1858,
crowstepped porch, SE gable and corbelled turret in
re-entrant angle added to 1802 work, asymmetrical W wing
with 3-storey crenellated tower; old domerheads incorporated,
one dated 1629; harled with margins, slated.

Statement of Interest

Belonged originally to the Spens family: sold to Balfours

1612, and to Lindsays 1621; now repurchased by Spens

family; empty in 1972.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17798724

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)