Carrington Village, Carrington Kirk, Session House Midlothian, Scotland, UK
Earlier 19th century. Single storey, single bay, rectangular-plan session house. Tooled, coursed pink sandstone rubble with droved dressings. Eaves course; long and short quoins; chamfered reveals.
Listed Building Description
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Earlier 19th century. Single storey, single bay, rectangular-plan session house. Tooled, coursed pink sandstone rubble with droved dressings. Eaves course; long and short quoins; chamfered reveals. W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; four-centred-arched doorway to centre; 2-leaf timber door. S AND E ELEVATIONS: blank. N ELEVATION: symmetrical; 2 pointed-arched diamond-pane windows. Grey slate roof; coped stone skews. Cement faced, coped gablehead stack to E with circular can.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
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The session house, which lies adjacent to the gates of Carrington Church (see separate listing), is suggested by Colin McWilliam to have been built at about the same time as Thomas Brown was carrying out alterations to the church (1838).
Listed Building References
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1st (1852) AND 2nd (1892) EDITION OS MAPS; C McWilliam, THE BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND: LOTHIAN EXCEPT EDINBURGH, (1978), p135; J Thomas, MIDLOTHIAN: AN ILLUSTRATED ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE, (RIAS), (1995), p100.