Building record MAB37117 - BRECHIN CASTLE LODGE, 25 CASTLE STREET, BRECHIN
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Summary
Gate lodge dating from circa 1852, probably by Brown and Wardrop.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (B) 22427
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 5931 6007 (35m by 29m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO56SE |
| Civil Parish | Brechin |
| Authority | Angus |
Type and Period (5)
Full Description
Gate lodge dating from circa 1852, probably by Brown and Wardrop. Also known as West Lodge, or New Lodge, forming a west entrance gateway and walls for Brechin Castle (NO55NE0040). A 2-storey, 2-bay front, crow-stepped skew-gabled and gabletted lodge in Scots Baronial style on the west side of the gateway. Constructed of squared snecked rubble with a round tower and a conical fish-scale slated roof with finial. The lodge entrance is a single storey porch to the rear (south elevation), adjoining a window on a curved angle, corbelled to square above to the first floor gabletted single window. The windows are the original 12-pane sash and case and the roof slated. The entrance gateway is a buttressed, depressed arch with a stepped parapet, a central panel, rope hood moulding, with a smaller tourelle on the east side of the gateway and with the original timber and wrought iron gates. The coped squared snecked rubble high flanking curved walls have ball caps at the terminals. East of Brechin Castle Old Lodge and gateway (NO56SE0062).
Period Notes
Built circa 1852. Listed 05/04/1979
GIFFORD, J, 2012, THE BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND: DUNDEE AND ANGUS, p.382 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2631.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ANG;
- HES Listed Building Number: 22427;
- NMR Card Number: NO56SE119;
- NRHE Numlink: 193352;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO56SE0152;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB22427 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/193352 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SAB2631 Bibliographic reference: GIFFORD, J. 2012. THE BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND: DUNDEE AND ANGUS. p.382.
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Record last edited
Mar 25 2019 2:57PM
