Woodside Cottage With Sundial On South Corner

Late 18th to early 19th century; possibly George Fortune, architect, Duns, alterations and embellishments 1894. Asymmetrical single storey, single storey with attic and 2 storey, 4-bay former estate dwelling with later lean-to addition recessed to outer left. Harled; sandstone ashlar dressings (droved in part). Crowstepped gables; rounded angles; stop-chamfered sandstone margins; flush sandstone cills.

NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central 2-bay gabled wing comprising boarded and studded timber door in bay to right; decorative iron hinges; 2-pane fanlight; architraved and corniced surround with ?A.S A.D 1894 I.F.L? embossed in lintel. Single window at ground in bay to left; crowstepped gabled wallhead dormer with scrolled beak skewputts to attic above. Lower, gabled single storey wing slightly recessed to left with single window off-set to right of centre; later lean-to addition recessed to outer left. 2-storey piend-roofed wing slightly advanced to outer right with stone mullioned bipartite window at ground; window aligned at 1st floor; engaged square-plan sundial on S corner with carved motifs and metal gnomons.

NW (SIDE) ELEVATION: stone mullioned bipartite window at ground; single window aligned at 1st floor.

Lying-pane timber sash and case window to central block; 6-, 10- and 15-pane glazing in remaining timber sash and case windows (4-pane upper, 2-pane lower timber sash and case window to single storey wing). Graded grey slate roofs; crowstepped skews; beak skewputts; sandstone ridging. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered apex stack to central block; corbelled wallhead stack to rear 2-storey block; circular cans throughout.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.