Winkston is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 February 1971. Farmhouse.

Winkston

WRENN ID
white-ledge-raven
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 February 1971
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Early 19th century with circa 1910 additions. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay farmhouse with single storey, single bay recessed wings to flanks; later gabled addition to rear. Coursed whinstone with painted stone dressings and long and short quoins.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central doorway with painted margins and later multi-paned timber and glazing door; window to each flank. To 1st floor, 3 regularly placed bays; bipartite attic dormer surmounting. To flanks of main house, recessed single storey, piend-roof wings with centrally placed tripartite window.

NW ELEVATION: side wall of main house with later window to 1st floor left. Blind end of recessed single storey wing adjoining to left and centre of main house's ground floor; piend roof extension adjoining to left return (see NE ELEVATION).

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: rear of main house with small window to half storey left; partially concealed to centre and right by later gabled extension: single window to ground floor right; 2 regularly placed bays to 1st floor; adjoining wing extension to right return; to left return, single window to ground floor right. Single storey, 2-bay lean-to porch in re-entrant angle with regularly placed window and timber boarded door. To left flank, rear of single storey wing with steps leading to 2-leaf semi-glazed timber door. To right flank, piended rear addition to single storey wing with timber door to left and window to right.

SE ELEVATION: single window to left of both floors of main house, 1st floor window blind. Blind end of recessed single storey wing adjoining to centre and right of ground floor.

7-pane timber sash and case windows to principal elevations; divided 6-pane upper sash and plate glass lower sash; 3-pane side lights to windows in wings. To NE and NW elevations, later windows comprising of timber sash and case windows with plate glass glazing. Cast-iron 2-pane Carron lights to rear extension roof. Flat-roofed bipartite attic dormer with slated cheeks to centre of main elevation. Piended blue grey slate roof with lead ridging and flashings to main house and wings. Painted cast-iron rainwater goods. Tall rubble wallhead stacks with ashlar long and short quoins and banded neck copes to centre of side elevations with decorative cans; gablehead stack of similar design to rear elevation.

INTERIOR: period woodwork surviving, such as panelled doors, skirtings and panelled window shutters.

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