Inchgarvie House is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 December 1979. Villa. 2 related planning applications.
Inchgarvie House
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1979
- Type
- Villa
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Inchgarvie House is a large villa built around 1880, with a west wing dated 1883 and some alterations made in the 20th century. The building is two stories with an attic and features a single-storey and attic west wing. It is constructed of red brick with contrasting ashlar dressings and has half-timbered gables, showcasing an Old English style. The exterior includes a base course, a band course at the first floor, and a string course at the attic level, topped with a central cupola.
On the south elevation, there is a central projecting gabled bay with an arched entrance door that has splays under a hoodmould. Above the entrance, there is a tripartite window. The gable features a corbelled half-timber design with three lights and a decorated bargeboard. To the right, there is a modern entrance with a tripartite window above. The left side has three bays with a modern door in the center, a four-light fanlight, and various window arrangements. The west wing is L-shaped, with a single dormer in the west range and a half-timbered gable on the south wing, which includes a tripartite window and a modern conservatory in the re-entrant angle.
The west elevation has a modern door flanked by a window, with a roof dormer above. The left side features a half-timbered gable, while the right bay has single windows on both the ground and first floors, with plain bargeboards.
On the north elevation, there are half-timbered M gables on the left, canted bay windows on the ground floor, and tripartite windows above. The attic has single windows with timber cantilever balconies and plain bargeboards. There is a recessed bay with a modern door and a tripartite window above, alongside a half-timbered gable to the right. The ground floor has a tripartite window, a bipartite window on the first floor, and a single attic window. The west wing features two ground floor windows on the left, a timbered dormer above, and a half-timbered gable to the right with a tripartite window on the ground and a single attic window.
The east elevation is two stories with an attic and includes a canted bay on the right, a half-timbered gable, and a tripartite window in the attic. To the left, there is a single window on the ground floor and two single windows with timbered gablets above.
The house has modern glazing throughout, a rosemary tiled roof with fishscale bands, polygonal and lozenge plan brick stacks, and terracotta ridging. The interior was not seen in 2000.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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