Kirk House Bowden, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Kirk House has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 330199 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 21
- Canmore ID
- 99615
- Category
- C
- Name
- Kirk House
- Parish
- Bowden
- County
- Scottish Borders
- Easting
- 355370
- Northing
- 630142
- Date Listed
- 23 June 2003
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Early 19th century. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay former manse with lower 2-storey and single storey extensions. Harled with droved margins and moulded cills. Stone mullions. S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: centre bay at ground with broad corniced and pilastered sandstone doorcase, tripartite arrangement of panelled timber door and multi-pane narrow flanking lights; windows in flanking bays (that to right altered to bipartite) and regular fenestration to 1st floor; polygonal-roofed canted dormer windows over outer bays with small cast-iron rooflight to centre. E ELEVATION: gabled elevation with window to right at ground, small window to left at 1st floor and tiny attic window to right. Low single storey bay to outer right with small window and bipartite beyond. W ELEVATION: gabled elevation with 2 windows to each floor and tiny attic window to left; gabled 2-storey projection at outer left with window to left at 1st floor and French window to ground with bipartite above on right return; long low single storey bays projecting from this gable. N (REAR) ELEVATION: variety of elements to asymmetrically-fenestrated elevation. 4-, 8- and 15-pane glazing patterns in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Coped and harled stacks with thackstanes and cans; ashlar-coped skews INTERIOR: not seen 2002.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Bowden Church and Graveyard (listed category 'A') are situated immediately to the east of this building which is no longer used as the manse. Formerly known as Bowden Manse.
