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Summary

Description

Group of buildings comprising early 19th century cottage (Rose Cottage) and later gate lodge by George Henderson, 1896, linked by 1896 coach house and stable block forming one roughly L-plan building of three separate styles on steeply sloping site. Entrance gateway linked to E.

ROSE COTTAGE: single storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan plain classical style cottage extending into later former coach house to W. Slightly advanced central bay with blocking course above with blind panel doorpiece (now window); window to S altered to form door; later 20th century piended entrance porch to N. Random rubble; raised sandstone margins and strip quoins. Ashlar base course; eaves band course. 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Low-pitch piended graduated slate roofs; corniced ashlar stacks with tall octagonal clay cans. 20th century roof lights and 15-pane glazed door to S.

GATE LODGE: 1896. Single storey square-plan gate lodge with hexagonal room to W. Coursed bull-faced sandstone; smooth rybats; angled base course; angled stone cills. Timber bracketed overhanging eaves; timber sash and case windows; timber boarded door. Pitched slate roofs; corniced bullfaced wallhead stacks with octagonal cans.

FORMER COACH HOUSE: 1896. Coach house linking gate lodge and Rose Cottage. low double-pitched slate roof with overhanging timber bracketed eaves; advanced gabled bay to S; high level small squared windows; stepped string course. Four centred pointed open archway with staged side buttresses to open roofed courtyard to W (entrance to Rose Cottage); stepped parapet wall to left with circular tower housing wc to NW; dated (1895) wrought iron corona weathervane. Lower crenellated walled storage area to N. Triangular eaves ventilators to N. Large timber sliding partition doors on cast-iron runners to interior courtyard; margined timber boarded door piece to NW room with timber and cast-iron stable stall divider.

ENTRANCE GATEWAY: curved, stepped and corniced side walls with depressed pointed arched openings. Coursed bullfaced sandstone. Base course; string course; conical gatepier caps. Coped enclosing wall with arched gate to side.

Statement of Special Interest

A Group with Wooodlands House (see separate listing). This range of buildings and entrance gateway form an important grouping associated with the adjacent A-listed Woodlands House for which they were built as gate lodges and stables. The three conjoined buildings are in distinctive and different styles however together they form an interesting composition, contributing to the overall setting of the main house. Rose Cottage and the coach house are under the same ownership, separate from the Gate Lodge.

George Henderson (1846-1905) was of the prominent Edinburgh firm of Hay and Henderson who carried out varied commissions in Galashiels in late 19th century of different architectural styles. Other buildings by the firm in the town, that are also listed, include Galashiels Public Library, Old Parish and St. Paul's Church and St Peter's Church Hall.

Category changed from B to C(S) 2006.

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