Swiss Cottage, Manse Road, Dirleton

Earlier to mid-19th century. 2-storey house with single

storey rear projection. Red squared and snecked rubble

with ashlar dressings, chamfered at openings.

S ELEVATION: forestair with gablet coped, arcaded

balustrade and polygonal, pyramid coped columns at foot.

Bracketted timber porch with decorative pendant barge

boarding and slated roof. Lattice section to E of porch.

Arched slit below on forestair, 4-centred arched floor

under stair to E, with panelled door. Gabled bay

flanking doorway to left with 2 small windows. Blank

outer bay to right. Single storey projection to left with

2 segmentally arched windows breaking eaves in gabled

dormer heads.

N ELEVATION: advanced gabled bay to right with raised,

battered stack. Recessed bay to left with lower eaves

level and similar raised stack.

E ELEVATION: tripartite openings at centre of gabled

elevation, shallow canted ashlar oriel on decorative

console supports at 1st floor with overhanging stone

piend roof.

INTERIOR: originally 2 cottages, one above and one below,

now combined.

Variety of glazing patterns, plate glass sash and case to

main windows. Grey slates. Deeply overhanging eaves

with timber brackets to E gable. Diamond stacks to N.

Gablet coping to skews with ball finials to apeces and

consoled skewputts.