Balchers is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 November 1972. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Balchers
- WRENN ID
- inner-rampart-rain
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1972
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Late 18th century. Symmetrical, long 2-storey, 3-bay and dormerless attic house: single storey wing projects at N gable, dated 1802. Further wing at SW dated 1881. Rubble, mainly harled or harl-pointed, contrasting painted tooled ashlar margins. Base course.
MAIN HOUSE: regular frontage with centre door, letterbox fanlight, and slightly smaller 1st floor windows; 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; coped end stacks.
1802 WING: single storey, 3-bay wing projects at N gable with dated skewputt.
1881 REAR WING: 2-storey gabled rear wing with dated lintel to 1st floor windows. Canted bay ground floor window (drawing room), bipartite above. Plate glass and 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows.
Coped end and wallhead stacks; slate roofs.
INTERIOR: low ceiling height in front portion of house and 1802 wing; simple plaster cornice in main front house; 1881 drawing room with centre plaster ceiling rose and decorative cornice, bracketted chimneypiece.
Detailed Attributes
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