Fordel Dean Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
Listed Building Description
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Earlier-mid 19th century. Traditional single storey and attic, symmetrical 3-bay cottage with columned porch. Coursed sandstone to principal (SE) elevation, sandstone rubble elsewhere. Long and short ashlar dressings to openings. SE (FRONT) ELEVATION: central doorway; glazed and panelled timber 2-leaf door. Projecting porch; Tuscan columns; plain entabulature. Flanking windows. SW ELEVATION: single window in attic to right. Base course. NW (REAR) ELEVATION: central modern timber and glazed door with fanlight; flanking windows. NE ELEVATION: not seen, 1999. Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case widows. 4-pane piended dormer window to rear; slate roof and cheeks; lead ridge. Rooflight to rear. Purple grey slate roof; lead ridge; raised skews. Gable apex stacks; corniced sandstone stack to SW; rebuilt brick stack to NE; circular cans. INTERIOR: not seen, 1999. ANCILLARY BUILDINGS: L-plan former coach house and stable adjoining SE corner of house; sandstone rubble walls; irregular openings; 1755 datestone above window in N elevation; pantiles; piended to NW, gabled to S. BOUNDARY WALL: sandstone rubble quadrant wall; square tooled gateposts; pyramidal coping; replacement timber gate.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
© Crown Copyright text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The cottage is largely unchanged from its original build. The porch is ornate for such a simple cottage, and is probably a later addition. The name Fordel Dean appears on the 1812 map but the map only depicts larger buildings. The cottage is first distinctly marked on the 1st Edition OS map.
Listed Building References
© Crown Copyright text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland, reprinted under the Open Government License.
J Knox, Map of the Shire of Edinburgh, 1812; 1st Edition OS Map, 1854; 2nd Edition OS Map, 1907.