Description
Sir John J Burnet of Glasgow, architect, 1884,
re-constructing a simple cottage in an arts and crafts manner
for James Paterson, artist; now an irregular single storey
and attic house, 2-storey rear wing, and linked by porch and conservatory to former studio: arrangement forming patio,
open to south. Mostly harled; ashlar dressings; some timber
framing. Variety of roof types and levels; mostly with
projecting eaves; windows mostly have small panes. Open
timber porch on west wall of house, window above with
bracketed timber dormer heads; south elevation: outer bays
canted at ground floor, right bay canted at attic also, and
tile hung above eaves, with faceted roof. Attic gable jettied
in left bay above shallow oriel, roof swept down over inner
bay and supported on turned wooden column, forming open
verandah; keystone of single oculus behind latter inscribed
as marriage stone. Rear wing has crow-stepped gable at north
end of west wall; inner gable with shaped skews to north
wall, north east corner raised to attic level, and corbelled
in Baronial manner. Mostly coped stacks. Conservatory and
studio essentially rectangular-plan, canted ingle-neuk with
lying-pane windows on south gable; massive square stack rises
above (small tripartite in low shed to left); north gable
head open, with vertical glazing pattern; roof lights. Slate
roofs. Interior: L-shaped dining room at east with water leaf
cornice and swags of fruit forming frame on ceiling;
similarly shaped bedroom above; wooden stair with turned
balusters; stair window opens onto conservatory; screen with
strapwork decoration leads into conservatory; studio door
beyond. Studio has round arched screen at ingle neuk;
platform at north end. Dado panelling, and decorative timber
work at eaves and above. Low, ashlar-coped rubble wall to
main road; simple iron gate.