Documents

There are no additional online documents for this record.

Summary

Description

Circa 1880 with later rear extension. Single storey and attic, rectangular-plan picturesque lodge (appearing L-plan) with gabled bay and entrance porch. Coursed whinstone rubble with tabbed ashlar quoins and dressings. Timber porch and plain barge boarding.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: to centre right, open timber porch comprising projecting pitched canopy, gabled end with diamond brackets and carved drop in-fill, supported by heavy turned and chamfered timber posts; panelled entrance door. To right, blind wall. Slightly projecting gable to left of porch with central bipartite window; exposed rafters and purlins supporting large timber barge board with straight bracket in-fill and carved drop finial. To left and right returns, gabled ends of main lodge.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: original fenestration concealed by much later single storey extension.

Replacement multi-paned glazing (probable loss of original stone mullion to bipartite in main elevation). Pitched purple slate roof with overhanging eaves; lead ridging and valleys. No rainwater goods as such, relying on overhanging eaves to main house with gutter and down pipe to verge of gable and porch. Tall stepped ashlar roofline stack with projecting ashlar neck cope and plain terracotta cans.

INTERIOR: not seen, 2002 but in use as residential accommodation.

Statement of Special Interest

Sited near Kirkburn, opposite the car park to Cardrona Forest, this lodge is part of the surviving landscape features from Kailzie House (demolished circa 1962). Kailzie was built in 1803 for Robert Nutter Campbell, a Glasgow merchant. It was described as a "very elegant 2-storey and basement mansion of moderate size with a bowed garden front". All that remains of the house is a small building (listed separately) that was formerly opposite the courtyard buildings and a pond now marks the spot of the main house. The stable / kennel block and walled garden survive and are listed separately. This lodge, set to the E of the former house, formed the main entrance to the estate from Kirkburn and Traquair. The main tree lined drive led from the paired NW lodges (at the Peebles end of the estate) and through the parkland. The drive continued down between the stables/kennel block and walled garden, but a picturesque branch led over the main bridge to the house. The drive then arched south-eastwards through Kailzie Park to this picturesque lodge. This drive has not been in use since World War II. Although the compact NE lodges were stylistically similar to the main house (resembling miniature versions with their tabbed quoins and dressings and eaves cornice), this lodge is in the picturesque style and is believed to have replaced a smaller earlier lodge on the same site. There was a vogue for such lodges in the area with similar structures found at Holylee, Cardrona and some estate buildings at The Glen. Listed as a good example of a picturesque vernacular lodge built from local materials and as one of the remaining lodged entrances to the Kailzie landscape (S lodge now lost).

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.