Gatepiers And Gates, The Wellnage With Boundary Wall, Station Road, Duns

Early 19th century, extended in mid 19th century. Large symmetrical 2-storey and attic 3-bay villa, with sympathetic 2-bay addition to N. Dressed cream sandstone. Regular fenestration.

W (GARDEN) ELEVATION: original house with base course and canted bay at centre, with windows to flanks only. Bays to left added (line visible); 1st with smaller window at ground; outer bay slightly recessed and blank at ground, set back further with window at 1st floor. Large 5-light timber box-dormer to left section of roof.

S ELEVATION: 2-bay; 1st floor window to left blind. Later entrance bay set back to right (see below).

E ELEVATION: original 3-bay house with later projecting full-height entrance bay added at centre; flat-roofed, with moulded eaves. Centre bay with windows to each floor; entrance on S return with polished ashlar Tuscan Doric pilastered doorpiece at ground; 2-leaf panelled doors in round-headed doorway with corresponding plate glass fanlight; window to 1st floor; wrought-iron lantern at angle; N return with window to 1st floor. Left bay with blocked window at ground and blind window at 1st floor. Right bay with 2 windows at ground and window at 1st floor. Added bay to right with windows to both floors; outer right bay slightly recessed at ground with narrow window, blank and further set back at 1st floor (as W elevation). Second lantern at angle. Screen wall at ground with balustraded parapet encloses 2 bays to right of projecting bay.

N ELEVATION: 2 bays at centre. Windows to both floors; boarded door and 4-pane rectangular fanlight to left bay at ground. Narrow blank outer sections, set back at 1st floor. Moulded eaves and blocking course. 2-light box-dormer (as above) at centre. Convex screen wall at ground with balustraded parapet.

12-pane timber sash and case windows; 4-pane to entrance bay; lower sash of dormers plate glass. Piended roof; grey slates; rendered stacks.

INTERIOR: large top-lit staircase hall with gallery at 1st floor. Dining Room in canted bay at ground, with Drawing Room above.

BOUNDARY WALL, GATEPIERS AND GATES: square ashlar gatepiers with base course, sunken panels and ball finials; cast-iron arrowhead gates. Swept stugged ashlar screen walls with moulded coping terminated by large square ashlar piers with flattened pyramidal caps. Sandstone boundary walls with semi-circular coping.