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4 Carruthers Cottages, Johnstone Park, Dumfries

A Category B Listed Building in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.0615 / 55°3'41"N

Longitude: -3.6004 / 3°36'1"W

OS Eastings: 297883

OS Northings: 575278

OS Grid: NX978752

Mapcode National: GBR 399X.BD

Mapcode Global: WH5WQ.N1RN

Plus Code: 9C7R396X+HV

Entry Name: 4 Carruthers Cottages, Johnstone Park, Dumfries

Listing Name: Johnstone Park, 1-10 Carruthers Cottages (Inclusive Numbers)

Listing Date: 6 March 1981

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 362812

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26256

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200362812

Location: Dumfries

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Town: Dumfries

Electoral Ward: Nith

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

Tagged with: Cottage

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Description

M Purdon Smith; dated 1932. Built for charitable trust.
Symmetrical long single storey row of west-facing centre-doored
3-bay cottages, central (?caretaker's) cottage slightly
taller and set forward and with flanking open porches, roof
gabled over pilastered central doorpiece; 4 cottages either
side: detached S-facing pair of cottages at N. All snecked
bull-faced red ashlar, polished dressings; 2-leaf doors;
3-light casement windows with iron frames, leaded multi
panes; end stacks, roofs all with projecting eaves and
covered with graded slates.

Statement of Interest

Inscribed plaque "....Carruthers Cottages Trust was founded

by Mrs Mary Carruthers of Warmanbie..... 1829 for the support

of ten or fewer lame or blind women natives of Dumfries....."

etc.

B Group.

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