Description

Cottage: early 19th century, probably replacing earlier
cottage near the site. Rubble-built single storey,
3-bay cottage with lower 2-bay wing set back on west gable;
central projecting porch, 4-pane glazing pattern. End
stacks pantiled roof, slate easing course, low front retaining
wall incorporating remains of earlier cottage, a lintel
dated 1761 survives. Monument: Set into wall (evidence of
blocked window to left). 2 margined panels set one above
the other with a simple crowning pediment. Probably late 18th
century. Inscription on top panel indecipherable, that
to lower, relating freehold status quoted in notes.

Statement of Interest

Inscription on monument: "Sir Michael Malcolm of the house

by..... action in the Court of Session (of much curiosity)

was in 1766 put upon the roll of Kinross-shire Freeholders

for Binn the Estate being restored as twenty shillings

lands of old extents and so was said not to be a 40 shilling

land."

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17834452

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy