Glen Andred

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SX9263 LINCOMBE DRIVE 885-1/18/124 (South side) 10/01/75 Glen Andred

GV II

Villa, subdivided. c1850s. Shown as Kernock on 1866 OS map. Stuccoed and blocked out; 2-span hipped slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts and projecting cornices. PLAN: Rectangular double-depth main block with entrance on north side and service wings at right-angles on west side. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Deep eaves on modillion brackets; stuccoed rusticated quoins; eaves band. Asymmetrical 2-window entrance front with a shallow projecting stack to left, the shaft projecting through the eaves. Central doorway with moulded architrave and pediment on consoles. Half-glazed front door flanked by glazed panels with wide overlight, all glazed with late C19 stained glass. Ground-floor window right with moulded architrave and floating cornice on consoles, glazed with high transomed window with some stained glass. Service wing set back to right has half-glazed front door with stained glass and two 12-pane sashes. Left return in similar style with basement railed off with probably original railings. Garden (south) elevation with 2-tier canted bays to left and right have attractive tented lead canopies with fretted fascias on wrought-iron brackets. Windows mostly replaced with plate-glass sashes and sills of centre first-floor windows dropped. INTERIOR: Not inspected but internal shutters survive and there may be other features of interest. The stained glass is a particularly attractive feature of this villa. Shown as Kernock on 1866 OS Map. (1st edition 1866 OS: CXV1.10).

Listing NGR: SX9280463242