43 Ayr Road, Whitecraigs House Eastwood, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

Listed Building Description

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Large 2-storey villa designed by HE Clifford, and built c.1898. Asymmetrical, Arts and Crafts, rock-faced snecked ashlar, main body of house, containing public rooms, with wide gable left, projecting square bay right; remainder of house recessed at left (ie north), porch in re-entrant angle. Original glazing throughout. Slated and tiled roofs. Interior is largely intact: extensive timber panelling, particularly in main hall and study (original dining room) and in billiards room, upstairs; also decorative cornice plasterwork; original chimney pieces survive in principal rooms and hall. STUDY has ingle-neuk arrangement at south glabe, dado panelling, original timbered doors and screen opposite, linking into hall. HALL is large, 2-storeyed and open, original chimney-piece, staircase and arcaded gallery over all in timber, with carved Mannerist detail; leaded window, painted, though mostly clear glass. DRAWING ROOM has decorative ceiling and chimney-piece; smaller DINING ROOM (originally parlour) also with decorative chimney-piece. Garden steps and terraces at front (ie west). Villa is set in landscaped grounds which occupy a corner site. Stone-built perimeter wall, ashlr-built circular gatepiers.

Listed Building References

ACADEMY ARCHITECTURE, 1898 (part I), pp.83 & 89.