Balcarres, 6 High Street, Lochmaben

Possibly circa 1771 or 1774 (indistinct datestone on (?

original) rear wallhead rear stack), possibly incorporating

earlier fabric at rear. Fine, 2-storey over cellar 5-bay

house, shallow off-set above basement and with rear wings

forming open courtyard. Front is painted ashlar with

margins, remainder whitewashed rubble.

MAIN (W) ELEVATION: panelled 2-leaf central door with plain

fanlight set in lugged and corniced architrave, approached

by steps; sash windows with 4-pane glazing set in wide

margins; low pend door at right; blocked basement openings;

eaves/lintel band; straight skews; 19th century end stacks;

roofed with graded slates. 2-storey rear wing adjoins at NE;

long single storey outbuilding linked to 10 High Street;

boarded loft opening above pend, detached outbuilding to E

continued behind 3 Queen Street.

INTERIOR- panelled doors in architraves; moulded cornices,

some dentilled; wooden stair balusters with bulbous newels.