Gibliston House Carnbee, Scotland

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Built circa 1820. Classical villa; symmetrical; 2 storeys over raised basement, 3 bays, with bowed single storey over basement bay on west; various extensions to north and to west by Sir Robert Lorimer, Architect 1916-31. Original House is ashlar, rock-faced at basement, rusticated to ground floor, and polished at 1st floor. South elevation: ground floor openings in shallow recessed segmental-arched panels; tripartite windows with blind balustrades, central advanced bay with pilastered doorpiece, fanlight and sidelights at head of flight of splayed steps with screens added 1919. 1st floor with central tripartite (blind outer lights), single windows in outer bays. Band course over ground floor and basement, string course between ground floor windows, cornice and blocking course, latter raised centrally. 2 piended dormers added 1919; symmetrically placed stacks and slate roof. Extended to north by Sir Robert Lorimer: 3 bays to harled north elevation: door with tall fanlight in lugged architrave at right, bipartites to ground floor of lower, advanced central and left bays. Square, single storey, flat-roofed, harled study added at north west corner 1927, simple rectangular conservatory beyond against south wall of outhouse. Study has 2 tall 18-pane sashes to south elevation, single sash to west: single tall stack. 2 sundials in garden.