Stracathro House is a Grade A listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. House. 1 related planning application.

Stracathro House

WRENN ID: spare-string-mist
Grade: A
Local Planning Authority: Angus
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 11 June 1971
Type: House
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Large symmetrical Graeco-Roman ashlar faced mansion 2 storey

on S.E. and 2-storey (later) attic and basement on N.W. with

single storey and basement wings: segmentally-arched terrace

at main block on N.W. S.E. frontage: 6-bay fluted corinthian

colonnade set in pilasters between balustraded 2 window

ends: centre 3 bays advanced with pediment as porte cochere

after manner of Carlton House London. Wings have tetrastyle

anta order with pediment: 7/8 window N.W. front with centre

tripartite at ground floor. Rusticated terrace and

basement. Interior: central hall, dome on pendentives marble

corinthian columns yellow scagliola walls: 3 notable N. rooms,

centre room has segmentally-arched ceiling and scagliola

columns; ceilings painted and stencilled; staircase Pompeian

red with decorative panels. Archibald Simpson (Aberdeen),

archt., begun 1827.

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