Glass House, Drumlanrig Estate is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Glass house.

Glass House, Drumlanrig Estate

WRENN ID: distant-eave-fern
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: Dumfries and Galloway
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 26 June 1986
Type: Glass house
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Charles Howitt architect. Built circa 1877. Large 10-bay

Lectern-shaped glass house which, unusually, rises over rear

wall to give buttressed clerestory; lower lean-to boiler house/store/office to rear (north) running full-length. Glass

house has polished red ashlar base and vertical supports

carrying roof timbers; door in either flank. Lean-to is

rubble-built with ashlar dressings, has 3 north-facing doors

and 4 small-paned sash windows, continuous roof covered with

graded slates. Modern boiler chimney. Interior of glass

house: continuous shelving along 3 sides, continuous

perimeter passageway around rectangular bedding area with red

ashlar wall; thin iron columns to bays support each roof

timber centrally.

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