Documents

There are no additional online documents for this record.

Summary

Description

Burnet, Son & Campbell of Glasgow, architects. Built 1890.

Large asymmetrical villa, in Arts & Crafts tradition, Scots

Baronial details. 1 & 2 storeys, set on slope, with basement

raised at south and at west. Stugged and snecked red ashlar

with contrasting yellow ashlar dressings. Modern additions

and alterations to east wing virtually obliterate former

service quarters. North elevation: outer gabled ranges with

roof between swept over ground floor; east wing (approach

through high garden wall), cat-slide roof carried over canted

and swept-eaved porch at left. Irregular fenestration, mostly

single or bipartite windows with roll-moulding; transomed

4-light window and swept-roofed dormer to inner bay, cross

window in left re-entrant angle with strapwork decoration in

tympanum; off-set at basement level, curved angles to gabled

blocks corbelled to square above ground floor. Crowstepped

gables; coped stacks; red tile roofs. Conical-roofed

corbelled circular, 2-storey south west angle turret.

South elevation: single ground floor windows all transomed, 2

in advanced gable at right, below canted and corbelled oriel;

others with pedimented heads; blind, off-centre, segmental

basement opening: 2 inner 1st floor windows with pointed

dormer heads (with later lowered cill at right breaking cill

band): cill bands to inner bays. West elevation: ground floor

bipartite below relieving arch corbelled at left, strapwork

decoration to tynpanum; covered forestair at left to ground

floor; canted, corbelled and margined oriel above breaks

eaves.

Interior: much partitioning in 1930's by Carmelites. Stair

with simple chamfered balusters; chapel (formerly L-plan

drawing room) retains 3/4 panelling, Jacobean chimneypiece

and coffered ceiling with consoles supporting beams.

Garden wall extends to north from porch, with red fireclay

ridging tiles, raised above segmental-arched opening. Garden

enclosed by rubble-built, ashlar-coped walls; rendered square

gatepiers.

Statement of Special Interest

Enclosed as a Carmelite Monastery in 1934.

References

Bibliography

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

If part of a building is not listed, it will say that it is excluded in the statutory address and in the statement of special interest in the listed building record. The statement will use the word 'excluding' and quote the relevant section of the 1997 Act. Some earlier listed building records may use the word 'excluding', but if the Act is not quoted, the record has not been revised to reflect subsequent legislation.

Listed building consent is required for changes to a listed building which affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest. The relevant planning authority is the point of contact for applications for listed building consent.

Find out more about listing and our other designations at www.historicenvironment.scot/advice-and-support. You can contact us on 0131 668 8914 or at designations@hes.scot.