Chesterhill House is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. House. 3 related planning applications.

Chesterhill House

WRENN ID
over-paling-evening
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 February 1971
Type
House
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Mid to later 18th century, 2-storey and attic, classically detailed house almost doubled in size in early 19th century by addition at rear; modern addition to L-plan single storey service block. Rubble, painted ashlar dressings and white painted harling.

W ELEVATION: 5-bay, symmetrical. Corniced doorway at centre with keystone and rounded corners to lintel. decorative fanlight. Window to each flanking bay at ground and to each bay at 1st floor, under eaves; rusticated quoins. 2 20th century gabled bipartite dormers.

E ELEVATION: later addition with irregular openings, shouldered wallheadstack and lean-to service buildings at right angles to left.

S ELEVATION: French door inserted to right of original house with 1st floor window above; later block slightly recessed, with window and modern conservatory at ground, 1st floor bipartite and attic window at centre. SERVICE BLOCK: piend roofed with swept slate-hung dormers and later alterations. 12-pane glazing pattern to sash and case windows. Ashlar coped skews and moulded coping and dressings to end stacks. Grey slates. RETAINING WALLS, QUADRANTS AND GATEPIERS: rubble retaining walls with semi-circular coping; 2 sets of quadrants in same materials and square, coped gatepiers in squared rubble. Simple wrought-iron gates.

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