Haxton House, 18-20 Silverwells Crescent, Bothwell

Later 19th century with later alterations and additions including modern conservatory to rear (N). 3-storey with attic, 4-bay near symmetrical gabled gothic-detailed house with later bay set back to left. Stugged red sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Base course; cornice and blank frieze to square bays at ground. Chamfered reveals to openings; aproned cills; stone transoms and mullions; hood moulds to openings; stop-chamfered long and short quoins.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: steps with trefoil, gabletted terminals and ridged, coped flanking walls to recessed, point-arched doorway with columnar and cavetto mouldings and small trefoil motifs to spandrels; 2-leaf timber panelled door with point-arched fanlight; bipartite window at 1st floor above; point-arched single window to gable at 2nd floor; narrow dormer window set to left above. Projecting 5-light square bay at ground, bipartite window at 1st floor, single window to gable above in bays flanking; quatrefoil motif to gableheads. Deep-set, pointed-arched doorway with trefoil motifs to spandrels at ground in recessed bay to outer left; replacement 2-leaf timber panelled door with pointed-arched fanlight; single window at 1st floor; single window to gable at 2nd floor above.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: irregular 4-bay, grouped 2-2 with M-gabled block to left and lower, single 2-bay gable to right. M-gabled block to left: conservatory at ground in bay to left; single window at each floor above. 3-light projecting square bay at ground in bay to right; single window at each floor above. 2-storey gabled block to right: single window in each bay at each floor.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: irregular 5-bay, grouped 2-1-2. Gabled side of original block to centre: window at each floor. Later, projecting 2-bay block to right: replacement uPVC door in bay set to left at ground. Window with small window flanking at 1st floor in bay set to centre; window at 2nd floor above. 2-storey gabled block to outer left: window at each floor in each bay.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: irregular 2-bay. Harled square-plan lean-to porch raised by steps at ground in bay to left of centre; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in bay to right of centre.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows with some replacement uPVC window to sides and rear. Grey slate roof; short ashlar coped stacks to gabled E and W ends of original block; ridged ashlar skews; cast-iron rainwater goods with some uPVC replacements.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: short, square-plan painted sandstone piers with truncated pyramidal caps. Low stugged pink sandstone walls with ridged ashlar cope and regular tall stepped, coped sections.