By Galashiels, Whitelee House is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 July 2010. Country house.
By Galashiels, Whitelee House
- WRENN ID
- errant-balcony-sage
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 July 2010
- Type
- Country house
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Mid 19th century with 1929 interior by Cowie and Seaton (see Notes). 2-storey, 5-bay, gabled Scottish-Rennaissance country house with pedimented dormers breaking eaves. Harled rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings. Chamferred margins. Fleur-de-lys finials surmounting gables. Timber door to curved entrance porch at SE corner re-antrant angle. Regular fenestration to W elevation with advanced outer bays, canted to ground; recessed, 3-bay former servants wing adjoining to N with piend-roofed single-storey outbuilding to far N. Irregular fenestration to (E) elevation.
INTERIOR: mosaic patterned floor to circular entrance porch. Long central spine corridor runs the length of the house. Panelled and beaded timber walls with segmental-arched surrounds to canted windows bays to principal ground floor rooms. Roll-moulded stone fireplace to former 'smoking room'. Octagonal cupola with decorative leadwork above N wing stair.
12-pane timber glazing to timber sash and case windows. Grey slate. Regular arrangement of ridge and end stacks with clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
Detailed Attributes
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