Old Jail, Battery Road, North Queensferry is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 March 2003. House. 3 related planning applications.
Old Jail, Battery Road, North Queensferry
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-railing-dock
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 27 March 2003
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Early 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan house (formerly village jail); later central projecting square stair tower to rear. Coursed and snecked rubble; stone cills; hammer-dressed ashlar dressings and quoins.
S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical elevation. Central ground floor door, flanking windows; 3, 1st floor windows centred above, close to eaves. Neighbouring house abuts to right.
E ELEVATION: not seen, 2002.
N ELEVATION: off-centre 2-storey brick stair tower forming penultimate bay to right. Small squared bar window to far left, inserted door to right; advanced 2-storey brick off-centre stair tower, tall central stair window, small ground floor window in left return; ground floor window to far right of stair tower. 1st floor single windows to outer bays.
W ELEVATION: 1st floor window to right.
Predominantly top hung modern windows; 12-pane timber sash and case window to stair tower; 4-pane timber sash and case windows with horns to right of rear elevation at ground floor. Grey slates; flat-headed ashlar skews; coped ashlar gablehead stacks.
INTERIOR: original cast-iron railing and banister to staircase at rear.
Detailed Attributes
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