Bankton House, Johnnie Cope's Road, Prestonpans is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 December 1979. Mansion. 1 related planning application.
Bankton House, Johnnie Cope's Road, Prestonpans
- WRENN ID
- pale-steeple-bramble
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1979
- Type
- Mansion
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Circa 1700. 2-storey, basement and double attic, 5-bay classical mansion, gutted by fire, 1966; formerly with single storey pavilion additions to E and W. Harled sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings; chamfered reveals. Base course, moulded cornice. Tie-plates.
N AND S ELEVATIONS: identical, regular fenestration to each bay at each floor, small windows to basement. Pedimented doorway at centre with bead and hollow surround, narrowly luged, and pulvinatred frieze, reaching cill of 1st floor window. Stone stairs leading to each door, oversailing basement to N (front) elevation, formerly with railings. Shaped gabled dormerhead to centre bay with scrolled skewputts and oval oculus. Oculus flanking door on S elevation, to left.
E AND W ELEVATIONS: shaped gablehead almost completely decayed (1989), with scrolled skewputts retained; centre window to 1st and 2nd floor, blinded at 1st. Basement door, off-centre; evidence of former pavilions.
Formerly with 12-pane glazing pattern to sash and case windows. Currently roofless and without floors.
RETAINING WALLS: sandstone rubble retaining walls adjoined to E and W by S elevation.
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