Aberdour House is a Grade A listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 May 2004. House.
Aberdour House
- WRENN ID
- secret-arch-lark
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 2 May 2004
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
17th century house with early 18th century addition to principal elevation. 7 bays to principal elevation, 8 bays to rear; rectangular plan, advanced central section. Rendered, long and short quoins, moulded eaves course.
NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical elevation. Advanced 3-bay section; central Gibbs surround doorpiece; architrave, imposts, keystone, pulvinated frieze, pediment. Flanking window to right and left, 1st floor and attic windows arranged above ground floor openings. 2-bay recessed section to right; 2 windows uniformly spaced to ground and 1st floor: ground floor left and 1st floor right blocked. 2-bay recessed section to left, 2 windows regularly spaced to ground and 1st floor.
NE ELEVATION: 1st floor window to left, attic window above. Date stone '1672? close to eaves.
SE ELEVATION: near symmetrical elevation; 6-bay section with single bay towers to outer bays. 6 regular openings to ground floor; (2nd and 4th bay openings converted to doors), 1st floor windows arranged above ground floor openings. Single central windows to ground and 1st floor of towers, blocked windows to ground and 1st floor of re-entrant angle of towers.
SW ELEVATION: 18th century addition to left: central ground and 1st floor window. Original 17th century house to right: ground floor window to right and left, 1st floor and attic window to right.
Timber panelled and glazed door. Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows with horns, 4-pane attic windows. Splayed catslide dormer windows with grey tiled cheeks, 2 to NW, 1 to NE and SW and 3 (equally spaced) to SE, modern rooflights, modern roof ventilators. Piended roof to 18th century addition, corniced ridge stack to advanced section. 2 ridge stacks to 18th century house, recessed panel to NW face. 2 crow stepped gables to 17th century house with 2 corniced gable apex stacks and 2 equally spaced corniced ridge stacks. Circular clay cans throughout. Piended slate roofs to rear towers.
INTERIOR: no original features remaining, modernised early 1990s.
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