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Dalawoodie

A Category B Listed Building in Holywood, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.0957 / 55°5'44"N

Longitude: -3.6412 / 3°38'28"W

OS Eastings: 295364

OS Northings: 579148

OS Grid: NX953791

Mapcode National: GBR 390J.H4

Mapcode Global: WH5WJ.15CX

Plus Code: 9C7R39W5+7G

Entry Name: Dalawoodie

Listing Name: Dalawoodie House

Listing Date: 26 June 1986

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 342611

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB10199

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200342611

Location: Holywood

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Lochar

Parish: Holywood

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

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Description

Style of Walter Newall. Circa 1840. Picturesque villa with

Italianate tower and near symmetrical elevations. 2 storeys,

central square tower with shallow pyramidal roof rises an

additional storey, with bipartites to each face; lower

service wing to east. Polished red ashlar. Windows all

round-headed, mostly mullioned, 2 or 3 lights set in plain

projecting margins with simple incised detail in spandrels;

canted or shallow rectangular projections at ground. North

elevation: wide gabled porch with round-headed panelled and

studd door in advanced central gabled bay; bipartite windows,

service wing recessed left returns north and is similarly

treated. West elevation: narrow bay links outer bays, decorative anthemion ironwork over outer ground floor windows: south

elevation also with off-centre gable and ironwork over balcony

to one 1st floor window (Missing to other two). Elaborately

carved brackets to eaves; stacks with corniced and battered

grouped square flues (square apex stack to tower).

Interior: Classical features to some cornice plasterwork

(anthemions, egg and dart etc); one ground floor room with

coffered ceiling: some marble chimney pieces:

anthemion-patterned cast-iron stair balusters.

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