Building record MAB39592 - TORWOOD HOUSE

Remains of a symmetrical neo-classical villa, circa 1829.

Remains of a symmetrical neo-classical villa, circa 1829. Single storey and basement with fine polished grey sandstone ashlar entrance (south) elevation and red sandstone rubble rear elevations. It is on a double bow-ended plan, with a 3-bay south front with colonnaded bowed entrance portico, but narrow, of single apartment depth. There is a later gabled rear wing of stugged red sandstone rubble. Roofless, with rear the and end walls partially collapsed and the interior mostly lost (1992). The south front bays has a plinth with recessed panel at ground, broad eaves band, cornice and blocking course. The broad shallow-projecting bowed and colonnaded portico centrepiece is raised on plinth, with tetrastyle Greek Doric order columns, entablature without frieze, door to centre and narrow full-height windows flanking . Windows were originally sash and case glazing, 12-pane to main windows, 4-pane to side lights. The house is a very fine example of revived Greek architecture; built towards the end of the first Greek Revival movement which began in Scotland with the building of the Glasgow Courthouse by William Stark in circa 1807-14. Associated outbuildings comprise a pair of single storey outbuildings of rubble construction with droved red sandstone dressings and quoins, and slated roofs. There is a long east-west orientated range with pitched slated roof and stone ridge, and detached north-south orientated range, roofless.

Period Notes
C.1829

Author unknown, n.d., SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY, 24/02/2002 p.15 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1901.

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Mar 21 2024 10:57AM