Kingsknowes Lodge Including Entrance Gateway And Garden Walls, Tweed Road

Probably William Hay, 1868-9. 2-storey, 3-bay, square-plan former gate lodge incorporating carved stone gateway to former Kingsknowes House, in a prominent open sited location. Steeply sloping a-symmetrical roof and prominent turreted dormer to side (E); overhanging bracketed eaves; tripartite window and round headed windows to decorative timber dormers. Neatly coursed whinstone; droved and stugged red sandstone quoins and margins with chamfered arrises to openings. Small glazed brick outhouse attached to N.

Predominantly 6- over 1-pane timber sash and case windows, late 20th century timber entrance door with fanlight; early 21st century timber cladding and plastic window to former recessed opening to E. Steep gambrel grey slate roof swept significantly lower to E; cast-iron rooflights; lead ridges and flashings; truncated ashlar ridge stack. Cast-iron gutters and downpipes.

ENTRANCE GATEWAY AND WALLS: stepped and coped red sandstone ashlar gateway wall to N with timber and cast-iron decorative pedestrian side gate to left; 'Kingsknowes' carved into stonework lintel. Return wall joining gate lodge with decorative timber gate. Low level half-round coped rubble walls enclose garden.