Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

WEST BRIDGEND, LEVENFORD HOUSELB24916

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
A
Date Added
03/03/1971
Supplementary Information Updated
09/09/1993
Local Authority
West Dunbartonshire
Planning Authority
West Dunbartonshire
Burgh
Dumbarton
NGR
NS 39031 75410
Coordinates
239031, 675410

Description

J T Rochead, architect. Built 1853. Large asymmetrical Scottish Baronial mansion house with crowstepped gables, corbelled angle turrets, corbel tables, strings, single and mullioned windows and pedimented dormerheads. Coursed and snecked rubble with polished dressings. 2 storeys, set on slope, with raised basement to east and 3-storey tower with rounded angles and cap house at south east angle imitating tower house, with corbelled parapet, gunports, spouts.

East elevation: set back from east face of tower, latter with corbelled oriel; round-headed and rope-moulded door to right, framed and pedimented crest above; stepped 3-light off-centre stair window; service wing to right is balustraded, small courtyard entered by round-arched pend. South elevation mostly mullioned windows, off-centre projecting gabled bay, canted and asymmetrically corbelled to square above.

Irregularly gabled bays to north and west with off-centre timbered and gabled porch to latter. Coped and margined apex and wall head stacks, some with corbelled or projecting bases; slate roofs.

Interior (original features mostly retained): steps lead from main east door to principal floor, ornate Corinthian-columned chimney-piece decorated with carved heads of historical figures; bronze crest above in elaborate strap work moulding. Elliptical balcony over ground floor hall. Some decorative wood panelling, especially in library which has fitted shelves and chimney piece with pedimented overmantel: embossed frieze and panelled ceiling.

Principal ground floor room has dado panelling and marble chimney piece with bowed front and arcaded wooden overmantel; panelled ceiling; canted north window is leaded, with representations of Slezer views (including Dumbarton). Some decorative ceiling plasterwork also. Some 19th century bathroom fittings retained.

Statement of Special Interest

Built for William Denny.

Now used as library office and store. Only alterations some fire screens and doors. Major extension and internal re-fitting, new stair rail, panelling of entrance hal, dining room, library and adjoining apartment. Burnet Son and Campbel, 1890.

Category changed B to A, 9 September 1993.

References

Bibliography

Gildard Ms in Mitchell Library.

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)

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