Scadlaw House

Morris and Steedman, 1968-9. Single-storey and attic, L-plan modern movement house with deep-eaved monopitch roof sloping down to 2-sided entrance courtyard and forming covered walkway; cedar shingles to roof and upper floor. White-painted render to ground floor on grey brick base course; concrete cill course to S elevations.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: principal entrance in re-entrant angle with slatted glazed door and side-lights; slatted strip windows under eaves and otherwise bare walls to NE and NW (entrance) elevations. 2-storey elevations to SE and SW with fairly regular arrangement of picture windows and sliding glazed doors. Garage to NE gable. Cedar-boarded ceiling below eaves.

INTERIOR: double-height galleried entrance hall with raked timber-boarded ceiling and diagonally-set beams occupies central space in the angle of the L-plan layout. Double-height drawing room with timber-boarded panelling to ceiling and upper part of walls is also open to the gallery; slate-backed fireplace with copper-hooded stove to drawing room. Generous floor-to-ceiling Cedar of Lebanon doors to principal rooms opening off entrance hall. Fitted cupboards to some bedrooms.

BOUNDARY WALLS: random rubble boundary / screen walls to NE.