35 Inveresk Village Road, Inveresk

Probably early 18th century; John Fox, remodelled 1967-69 (see NOTES). Pair of 2-storey, 3-bay end terraced dwellings with 2-storey, 3-bay house adjoined to NE on corner site. Harled with predominantly ashlar margins; base and ground floor lintel courses to No 35. 1st floor openings set close to eaves. Former smiddy abutted to NE.

SE (DOUBLE DYKES) ELEVATION: irregular 3 bays; central entrance with squared sandstone rubble surround and inscription 'THE LAIGH HOUSE' to lintel; small opening to right of door; 2 openings to outer left and 1 to right at ground floor; opening to each outer bay at 1st floor.

SW (INVERESK VILLAGE ROAD) ELEVATION: 3 bays to left: entrance to centre (No 35) with deep-set 2-leaf timber entrance doors; wall-mounted post box to right of door. Irregular 3 bays to right: square opening to left with squared sandstone rubble jambs and lintel and ashlar cill, small square opening above; 1st floor opening to centre and right. Gable to Double Dykes, with opening to right at ground and 1st floors, opening at 1st without surround. Canted corner with corbel at 1st floor.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: irregular 4-bays with 2-bay painted rubble return. Entrance to outer right with chamfered squared rubble surround and vertically boarded timber door; small square opening without surround at 1st floor to centre. Single-storey lean-to to right of return with window opening to right; glazed L-plan lean-to set in re-entrant angle added 1994; right section of glazed lean to set-on low rubble walls of original pigsty. Later square opening at 1st floor to right of rear elevation.

FORMER SMIDDY: abutted to NE, single storey, 2-bay, piended section with gable to right. Sandstone rubble, tooled margins to SW (principal) elevation. Entrance opening to right with timber stable door; 2-leaf timber garage doors to gable. Boundary wall adjoined to left.

12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows with horns. Pantile pitched roof, tile eaves easing course to SW (Double Dykes) elevation. Ashlar coped skews to SW (Inveresk Village Road) block; predominantly harled end stacks with ashlar cope and circular clay cans, brick end stack to NW. Course of road setts fronting SE (Double Dykes) elevation.

INTERIOR (seen 2011): remodelled circa 1968-69 and 1st floor over No 35 internally connected to No 39 (see NOTES); painted rubble wall to living room. Stone setts to floor of smiddy and replacement timber roof structure.