Paxton House Estate, Garden Cottage Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Listed Building Description
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Possibly William J Gray, later 19th century with later additions and alterations. Asymmetrical, 2-storey, 3-bay, near L-plan Swiss Cottage with 1st floor balcony to front; single storey ancillary range at rear. Slightly bull-faced, Cyclopean pink sandstone at ground; tooled rubble at rear; applied half-timbering with painted panels at 1st floor throughout. 1st floor stepped out to NE and SW with decorative timber brackets; overhanging timber bracketed eaves throughout. Stugged quoins and long and short surrounds to ground floor openings; plain timber margins at 1st floor; timber mullions. Louvred timber shutters. SE (FRONT) ELEVATION: slightly projecting, 2-bay gable end to left with glazed door at ground to right; bipartite window at ground to left; bipartite opening at 1st floor off-set to left of centre; single opening to right. Square-plan timber supports beneath timber balcony projecting at 1st floor; fretted balcony front with 'CONSIDER THE LILIES HOW THEY GROW' below; timber supports beneath overhanging eaves with decorative timber brackets; gablehead with kingpost and trusses. Range recessed to right with bipartite window at ground off-set to left of centre. NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-bay. Bipartite window at ground to left; window at ground to right; 2 bipartite windows centred at 1st floor. NW (REAR) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Single storey, lean-to projection to left with boarded timber door at centre. Small window at ground in bay recessed to right; single window at ground in subsequent bay to right. Single storey ancillary block projecting to outer right. SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: timber-bracketed canopy to bipartite window at ground to right; window at ground to left; window aligned at 1st floor. Projecting balcony adjoined at 1st floor to outer right. Single storey ancillary block slightly recessed to outer left. Predominantly diamond-pane glazing; some modern windows; rooflight at rear. Red tile roof with fishscale banding; brick-built ridge stacks; various cans. INTERIOR: not seen 1999. ANCILLARY RANGE: 2 single storey blocks/stores forming near L-plan range enclosing rear courtyard. Tooled sandstone rubble; tooled dressings. Boarded timber doors. Mono-pitched roofs.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
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Paxton House Estate A Group comprises 'Boundary Walls, Railings & Gatepiers', 'Bridge', 'Dene Cottage', 'The Dower House', 'Entrance comprising South Lodge, East Lodge, Quadrant Walls, Piers & Entrance Screen', 'Garden Cottage', 'Ice House', 'North Lodge & West Lodge', 'Paxton House', 'Walled Garden' - see separate list entries. Set within the boundaries of the INVENTORY site. An unusually-detailed former gardener's cottage set to the N of Paxton House. A photograph held in the NMRS shows a timber balustraded stair running down from the balcony, across the N wing, to the ground floor (since removed). It also shows a bipartite oriel window centred in the NE gablehead (since replaced). Bears some resemblance to the nearby Dower House, designed by William J Gray, 1871.
Listed Building References
© Crown Copyright text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Ordnance Survey map, 1857 (not evident). Ordnance Survey map, 1898 (evident). AN INVENTORY OF GARDENS AND DESIGNED LANDSCAPES IN SCOTLAND, Vol 5 (1988) pp387-392 (general). NMRS photographic records.