Old School House, Borthwick

Mid 19th century. Single storey and attic; 3 bay; irregular plan Tudor Gothic cottage. Stugged squared and snecked sandstone with polished dressings. Base course; long and short quoins; chamfered reveals; overhanging eaves.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; gabled entrance porch advanced to centre; shouldered doorway with blind tablet above with central lamp; boarded timber door with decorative wrought iron hinges; small window to left return. Bipartite window in bay to outer left; tripartite window with hoodmould in bay to outer right. Single window with hoodmould set in gablehead above.

SW ELEVATION: not seen 1997.

SE ELEVATION: not seen 1997.

NE ELEVATION: bipartite window offset to left at ground; single window set in gablehead above; later addition to centre with timber door to left and 2 small 2 pane rooflights and ventilation chimney set in roof; lean to addition to outer left with window breaking eaves in small gable with kingpost detail to gablehead.

Predominantly 8 pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof with lead ridges; cast iron rainwater goods; harled coped ridge stack and harled coped shouldered gablehead stack, both with circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALL AND RAILINGS: tooled rubble wall with angular coping, surmounted by iron railings; central iron gate.