Manse And Walled Garden, 6 Bruce Street, Lochmaben

Walter Newall, architect, circa 1838-40. 2-storey manse,

with 3-bay main (N) elevation recessed from street; high

walled garden adjoins to E.

HOUSE: stugged red ashlar coursers with polished margins.

N ELEVATION: central panelled door with fanlight with

corniced hood on stylised pendant consoles; sash windows

with 12-pane glazing pattern, upper lintels linked to narrow

eaves band; near full-height wing recessed at right;

cornice; symmetrically placed stacks with grouped, corniced

and coped flues; shallow-pitched roof with wide platform.

E ELEVATION: with 2 shallow projecting mullioned bays (1

with lying-panes, other altered and now with steps to

garden); 3 single 1st floor windows.

INTERIOR: central hall with cantilevered stair with

decorative cast-iron balusters; pilastered marble

chimneypiece in sitting room.

Set behind low wall with modern iron railings.

WALLED GARDEN: quadrangular area, walls perhaps 18th

century, raised in 19th century. Rubble built with ashlar

coping; linked at S to churchyard.