Walled Garden And Gatepiers, Laxfirth House, Lax Firth is a Grade C listed building in the Shetland Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 July 2000. Laird's house.
Walled Garden And Gatepiers, Laxfirth House, Lax Firth
- WRENN ID
- rusted-truss-raven
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Shetland Islands
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 28 July 2000
- Type
- Laird's house
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
18th century, remodelled in 19th century. 2-storey 5-bay (grouped 1-3-1) symmetrical laird's house comprising main block of rectangular plan with large 2-storey square-plan wing to rear (N). Rendered and painted walls with painted long and short quoins to windows and framing elevations.
S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical, modern lean-to porch centred at ground with 3 closely-spaced windows at floor above, regular fenestration in outer bays.
W ELEVATION: blank gable of main block to right, wing elevation recessed at left with windows to outer right and left of ground and 1st floors.
E ELEVATION: single storey gabled wing-projecting from main block at left, irregularly fenestrated wing elevation recessed at right.
Modern glazing throughout. Purple-grey slate piended roof to main block, flat felted roof to rear wing. Pair of shouldered 3-flue wallhead stacks to rear elevation of main block, and 4-flue shouldered wallhead stacks to E and W elevations of wing.
WALLED GARDEN AND GATEPIERS: random rubble wall enclosing long rectangular garden extending to S from house; painted ball-finialled square gatepiers centring S wall.
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