Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

BOTHWELL, THE GLEBE, SWEETHOPE FARM, FORMERLY BACK SWEETHOPELB5152

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
05/08/1974
Local Authority
South Lanarkshire
Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Parish
Bothwell
NGR
NS 70700 58909
Coordinates
270700, 658909

Description

Early 18th century with later alterations and additions. 2-storey, 5 bay plain symmetrical gable-ended rectangular-plan house with single storey gabled range to rear. Harled. Painted surrounds to openings.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: architraved doorway with 2-leaf timber panelled doors; replacement small-pane glazed vestibule door behind; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in each bay flanking.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: irregular 5-bay with 2-bay projection to outer right. Small stair window in bay to centre. Window at ground in bay to left. Window at 1st floor in bay to outer left. Bipartite window to left with window to right in gable-ended bay to projection to right; gablehead stack above. Window, set wide, at 1st floor of main block to outer right

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: irregular 3-bay. Gabled wall with small gablehead window and gablehead stack to main block to left. 2-bay projection set back to right: window, set wide in each bay to left and right; wallhead stack set to left of centre above.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: irregular 4-bay. Gabled wall with window, set to left, at ground and small gablehead window with gablehead stack to main block to right. 3-bay projection: window in bay to centre. Architraved doorway with boarded door in bays flanking.

Replacement 12-pane timber sash and case windows with some 2-pane timber sash and case and casement windows to rear; small skylights to main roof and to projection. Grey slate roof; slate to projection; harled stacks to E and W gableheads, to N gablehead and to projection; weathered, harled skews; cast-iron rainwater goods with some uPVC replacements to rear.

INTERIOR: not fully seen, 1997. Stone turnpike stair, centrally placed; tongue and groove boarded doors to attics; stone floors and skirting boards to main downstairs rooms.

Statement of Special Interest

The house stands to the E of what was originally a courtyard of farm buildings, now converted to residences. The Statistical Account of 1953 cites Sweethope Farm as possibly the oldest inhabited house in Bothwell.

References

Bibliography

Appears on William Forrest's Survey of Lanarkshire (1816); appears in 1841, 1861 and 1871 census reports for Bothwell Parish; appears on 1st edition OS map, 1862; 3RD S A (1953) p278; WALKS AROUND BOTHWELL (booklet, c1974) p4.

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.

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