Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

KNOCKBREX HOUSE, HAHA AND GARDEN WALLS, SUNDIAL, GATES, GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLSLB3396

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Group Category Details
100000020 - See Notes
Date Added
23/04/1990
Local Authority
Dumfries And Galloway
Planning Authority
Dumfries And Galloway
Parish
Borgue
NGR
NX 58470 49700
Coordinates
258470, 549700

Description

The original Knockbrex House, (from a pre-1900 photograph),

was a plain harled house of circa 1820, 3-bay and 2-storey

with tripartite ground-plan, piended slate roof and 2 axial

stacks, to the W was a single storey L-plan service range.

In 1900 it was refaced and incorporated in a large

asymmetrical country house built for James Brown of

Knockbrex. The core of the older house lies now to the SE

with an additional bay to the E; the W range was raised to

2-storeys and attics, rubble walling with granite margins to

angles and openings. Moulded granite eaves cornice, slate

roofs.

N ELEVATION: long 2-storey elevation with refaced early

19th-century 3-bay block to E. 3-bay original part; the

centre bay has been shallow advanced and given a broad gable,

pedimented porch with granite columns, double-leaf panelled

doors retained from earlier house. Flanking porch, blocked

sidelights, above, tripartite window. Otherwise all windows

single light, that to ground right now door, all sash and

case with small-pane upper sashes, plate glass lower.

To the left 2-storey recessed bay added in 1900 with single

storey timber and glass conservatory. To the right, 2 boldly

projecting gabled bays with blind oculus to gables. Single

light and bipartite windows, all glazing as above. To extreme

W of this range small walled service court with 2-storey

buildings recently altered to give garage at ground floor

with sliding timber doors.

S ELEVATION: long asymmetrical range, canted bay to centre of

original house, linked to single storey projection to W with

balustraded parapet. 2 advanced gabled bays to W. Slate

roofs, axial corniced stacks, piended roof to original part.

Some 3-light timber 1900 dormers.

INTERIOR: largely redesigned in 1900 alterations in

neo-Georgian and Arts and Crafts style. Impressive timber

panelled hall with embossed ?leather frieze, beaten copper

chimneypiece, scale and platt stair. Drawingroom to S with

panelling, door and plasterwork retained from original house.

To E room of original house enlarged billiard room created

with glazed brick chimneypiece and panelling all of 1900.

Small water closet off billiard room with elaborate tiling

and fittings.

SUNDIAL AND WALLED GARDEN: to N of house, sunken formal

garden with centrally placed sundial of 1900 date. Simple

octagonal base and shaft with carved near hemispherical

horizontal-faced dial, dial and gnomon metal. Rubble walled

coped garden wall to N of house, pair of rubble gatepiers

with ball finials and cast and wrought-iron gates.

HAHA, ORNAMENTAL WALLS AND TURRETS: to S of house haha with

ditch. Centrally placed rubble bridge with cast-iron gate

spans haha, coped parapet. To ends of haha squat rubble built

drum turrets with castellated parapets, joining these tall

rubble curved garden walls.

GATES, GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: pairs of square rubble

gatepiers with ball-finials and elaborate cast- and

wrought-iron gates of 1900 to E and S of house, linked by

ornamental rubble walls, parts with decorative pebble coping.

Statement of Special Interest

James Brown was a wealthy Manchester merchant, chairman of

the retail and wholesale drapery firm of Affleck and Brown.

He retired to Knockbrex and began an extensive building

programme on the house and estate from 1895 until his death

in 1920. Apart from Knockbrex House itself which is

comparatively sober in design, the other estate buildings are characterised by a stylistic individuality bordering on the idiosyncratic, and always a careful attention to detail using

the highest quality materials. For other estate buildings see

entries for Corseyard, Kirkandrews Chapel, Kirkandrews

Cottages, Knockbrex Bathing Hut, Chapelton Row, Knockbrex

B Group with Knockbrex Stables and "Toy Fort".

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