Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

BIRGHAM, SPRINGHILL GARDENER'S COTTAGE AND FORMER STABLE RANGE INCLUDING COBBLED COURTYARDLB45866

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
C
Date Added
01/02/1999
Local Authority
Scottish Borders
Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Parish
Eccles
NGR
NT 78510 38824
Coordinates
378510, 638824

Description

Earlier to mid 19th century with later additions and alterations. Single storey, U-plan range comprising former gardener's cottage in NE wing with gabled addition and lean-to porch to rear; former stabling and groom's accommodation in remaining wings to NW and SW. Harl-pointed red sandstone rubble; tooled red sandstone dressings. Tooled quoins; tooled long and short surrounds to openings.

NE RANGE (COTTAGE), SW (COURTYARD) ELEVATION: 4-bay. Timber-mullioned bipartite window off-set to right of centre; small single window in bay to left; single windows in remaining bays to outer left. SE (SIDE) ELEVATION: original block with boarded timber door off-set to left of centre. Timber door in single storey, lean-to porch adjoined to right. Modern window centred in single storey wing recessed to outer right.

NW RANGE, SE (COURTYARD) ELEVATION: 6-bay. Boarded timber doors with letterbox fanlights in bays at centre and remaining 2 bays to right. Single windows in 2 bays off-set to left of centre; boarded, gabled dormer set between. Boarded timber door with letterbox fanlight in bay to outer left. NW (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen 1998.

SW RANGE, NE (COURTYARD) ELEVATION: boarded timber stable door in bay to outer right. Blind elevation to remainder. SE (SIDE) ELEVATION: arched carriage opening centred at ground; 2-leaf boarded timber doors; pointed-arched pigeon hole with sandstone ledge aligned above. 2-leaf boarded timber garage doors in single storey addition to left. SW (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen 1998.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; some modern windows; small skylight. Grey slate roofs; coped skews; replacement rainwater goods. Brick ridge and apex stacks; various cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

COBBLED COURTYARD: simple geometric-patterned cobbled yard to front, raked away from central drain.

Statement of Special Interest

Originally built to serve the nearby Springhill House (see separate list entry). Now in separate ownership, this former gardener's cottage and stable range retain some good details - the fanlit and boarded timber doors, arched carriage opening and decorative cobbled yard being particularly notable. A group of conservatories are set to the NE.

References

Bibliography

SRO RHP22340 (Springhill House). NMRS archives (Springhill House). Sharp, Greenwood & Fowler's map, 1826 (not clear). Ordnance Survey map, 1858 (evident).

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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