Carrington, Main Street, 1 Carrington Mains Cottages Midlothian, Scotland, UK
Early 19th century. Single storey, 4-bay, rectangular-plan cottage with later additions and alterations. Tooled, snecked sandstone rubble with broached dressings. Projecting cills; long and short quoins.
Listed Building Description
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Early 19th century. Single storey, 4-bay, rectangular-plan cottage with later additions and alterations. Tooled, snecked sandstone rubble with broached dressings. Projecting cills; long and short quoins. NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; boarded timber door to penultimate bay to right, flanked to left by small vertical windows; window to penultimate bay to left; bipartite window to bays to outer left and outer right. Harled additions with central 4-pane window and piended slate roofs flank cottage to left and right. SW and NE ELEVATIONS: obscured by harled additions (see above). SE ELEVATION: not seen 1998. Predominantly 6-pane timber sash and case windows. Red pantiled roof with slate easing course and terracotta ridge. Harled coped gablehead stacks with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods. INTERIOR: not seen 1998.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
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B Group with Carrington Village, Nos. 2, 3, 4 Carrington Mains Cottages, Carrington Mains Steading and Carrington Mains Farmhouse (see separate listings). Carrington Village was built to serve Carrington Mains (see separate listing) which is part of Rosebery Estate.
Listed Building References
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1st (1852) AND 2nd (1892) EDITION OS MAPS; THE STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND, (1792), Vol 14, p613; J Thomas, MIDLOTHIAN: AN ILLUSTRATED ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE, (RIAS), (1995), p99; NMRS Photographs.