Pathhead, 159 Main Street Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
Listed Building Description
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Early 18th century. Single storey, 2-bay rectangular-plan cottage. Coursed, tooled sandstone. Flush door margin; slightly projecting window margins; long and short quoins; eaves course. SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central doorway, flush margin, replacement framed-and-lined door, modern door furniture, projecting horizontal stone to top left; flanking windows, slightly projecting window margins, eaves course above; long and short quoins to left gable end. NW ELEVATION: steeply pitched, harled and painted blank gable end; plain stone skews; harled and painted stack, pair of plain cans; modern gate leading to rear of property. NE (REAR) ELEVATION: modern rectangular single storey extension concealing original elevation, heavy boards to flat roof. SE ELEVATION: adjoining pair of cottages, shared plain stone skews, rubble stack, stone neck copes, 4 plain cans. Later 2-pane timber sash and case windows to front, placed close to eaves. Steeply pitched grey slate roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. INTERIOR: not seen, 2000.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
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As with most of the older properties in the village, the steep pitch of this cottage suggests a thatched roof originally.
Listed Building References
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NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT (1839), Vol.1, pp60-61.