Nazareth House, Lasswade

Mid 19th century, possibly incorporating earlier fabric. Villa with extensive modern additions to SE and NE. 2-storey, 4-bay asymmetrical baronial house with circular 3-stage corner tower to NW angle, crowstepped gables and painted stone parapets over square-plan entrance. Squared and snecked cream sandstone ashlar with stugged and polished dressings. Raised cills to ground and 1st floor windows; string course to square bay to right and to canted bay above; string course between ground and 1st floor; coped parapet above projecting entrance porch with statue of Jesus flanked by obelisks; string courses dividing stages to tower; dentilled cornice to tower. Chamfered reveals and long and short surrounds to windows; long and short quoins to entrance porch.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: raised, pilastered and corniced doorpiece at ground to projecting porch in bay to centre; replacement part-glazed door with large rectangular fanlight; window to each return; evenly disposed window and French window at 1st floor above; carved shield plaque to crowstepped gable above. Window at each floor in 2 bays set back to left. Window to 2 sides of tower at each stage (those at 1st and 2nd stage to NW blocked). Window to square bay to right; parapet above; 3-light canted window at 1st floor; crowstepped gablet above.

SE (SIDE) ELEVATION: 3-bay block set back to right with 3-light bowed bay to left. Window at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor; crowstepped gablet above. Window at each floor with gabled dormers and bargeboards above in each bay flanking. 3-light full height projecting bowed bay to left with parapet between floors; crowstepped gable with truncated half-conical roof.

NW (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-bay with corner tower to left. Bipartite window at ground in crowstepped gabled bay to right of centre; window at 1st floor above. Pitched addition at ground in bay to left; window at 1st floor above with flanking stack.

Some 4-pane timber sash and case with some replacement uPVC windows. Grey slate roof; grey fish scale slates to tower, to truncated roof to canted bay and to semi-conical roof to SE; ashlar coped stacks; cast- iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1997.