Carrington, Main Street, 3 Carrington Mains Cottages Midlothian, Scotland, UK
Early 19th century. Single storey, 6-bay, rectangular-plan cottage with later alterations. Tooled, snecked pink sandstone rubble with broached dressings. Projecting cills; long and short quoins to E of N elevation.
Listed Building Description
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Early 19th century. Single storey, 6-bay, rectangular-plan cottage with later alterations. Tooled, snecked pink sandstone rubble with broached dressings. Projecting cills; long and short quoins to E of N elevation. N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 2 8-pane windows to central bays; boarded timber door to penultimate bay to right; window to each remaining bay. W ELEVATION: asymmetrical; window off-centre to right. S ELEVATION: not seen 1998. E ELEVATION: harled; blank. Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Red pantiled roof with slate easing course; stone skew to W gable. Coped sandstone gablehead stack to W, 2 harled, coped modern ridge stacks; circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
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B Group with Carrington Village, Nos. 1, 2, 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.