29 Newtown Street, Duns

Mid 18th century, refronted and extended early 19th century. 2-storey 3-bay house with extensive stables to rear.

HOUSE: rendered. Base course; regular fenestration. Simple panelled pilastered ashlar doorpiece with deep-set flush-panelled door at centre.

3-bay rear elevation with stair window at centre and pair of small piend-roofed dormers. Right bay obscured at ground by single storey link to barn (now incorporates kitchen). Flat-roofed sun room at centre.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slates; ashlar coped skews; brick stacks (red brick to E, stone base to W).

INTERIOR: Sitting room with decorative cornice at 1st floor. Blocked up 18th century window of original house to rear (in internal room).

Access to stables at rear via adjoining pend at No 33 Newtown Street.

BARN: small 2-storey, 3-bay harled barn attached at right angles to house; single (kitchen) window at ground to left and door to outer right; at 1st floor, hayloft door breaking eaves with gabled dormerhead flanked by small windows hard up against eaves.

Timber windows; piended roof with gable to S; central brick stack.

STABLES: extended harled stable range adjoined at right angles to No 33. 1st 7 bays with loft above; at ground boarded door flanked by windows to N and 3 pairs of boarded garage doors; gableheaded loading door and 3 windows hard up against eaves to loft. Single storey 3-bay range to S with door at centre. Piended roofs; grey slates; timber multi-pane windows.

OUTBUILDINGS, BOUNDARY WALLS AND SUNDIAL: further recent small detached single storey timber shed with corrugated iron roof, and brick coal store. Rubble boundary walls, some with boulder coping, incorporating dung pits to S of stable range. Pillar sun dial in garden dated 1777.