5 Westfield Cottages is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 August 1996. Cottage.
5 Westfield Cottages
- WRENN ID
- burning-remnant-foxglove
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1996
- Type
- Cottage
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Circa 1860. Row of 4 farm cottages, single storey and attic, 8-bay, gabled, symmetrical. Squared and snecked grey sandstone rubble, dressings stugged and droved, chamfered reveals, corbelled eaves course. N elevation with 8 windows, 2 at centre bipartite with wooden mullions and concrete lintels (later enlargements)? S elevation with
4 doorways, 4 windows flanking, plus 2 tiny central closet windows. Doors varied, mostly replacement of original plain framed and lined.
4 dormers break roof in line with lower windows, stone gabled in chamfered ashlar, slated haffits, overhanging verges. Gable elevations with lean-to and outshot for sheds and washhouse, 2 doors, 1 window, also single window in upper gable.
Original windows of 12-pane timber sash and case predominate, 3-pane at gable, others replacements notably plate glass "tilt and turn" on
3 dormers.
Roof in graded grey slate. Chamfered skews, moulded skewputts, ball finials to main gables, bargeboarding to dormers and outshots.
3 symmetrical yellow brick stacks with stone copes, plain cans. Tall brick chimney to washhouse outshot, removed at E gable. 2 original skylights and 1 modern velux on N roofslope.
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