Garden Bridge, Houndwood House

Heritage listing

Category B Group Category Details 100000020 - see notes Date Added 26/01/2000 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Coldingham NGR NT 85426 63013 Coordinates 385426, 663013 — Original peel tower, possibly later 16th century in origin, refronted with substantial 19th and 20th century Scottish 17th century style additions and alterations. Asymmetrical 2-storey with basement, originally rectangular-plan structure with later rectangular-plan block adjoined to NE corner; full-height, M-gabled projection to front (dated '1848') with lower, gabled addition in re-entrant angle to left; single storey porch set at angle to right. Harled with sandstone ashlar dressings (droved in part). N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: projecting single storey porch set at angle in re-entrant to outer right with steps to boarded timber door centred at ground; 2-pane fanlight; roll-moulded surround; carved square-plan panel inscribed 'I saved the King' aligned above; weathered, triangular tablet (dated '1656') centred in crowstepped apex; single window in bay recessed to left. Full-height, M-gabled projection to left with part-glazed timber panelled door at basement to right; small window off-set to left; single windows at both floors above (upper lintel dated '1848'); lower, gabled projection adjoining bay to left; single windows at upper floor. Single storey with basement, 2-bay block slightly projecting to left with single windows at ground; crowstepped dormerheads to upper windows breaking eaves (corbelled cill to left); single storey, lean-to addition to outer left. E (SIDE) ELEVATION: projecting gable end to outer right with irregularly fenestrated, full-width, single storey, lean-to addition to front. Full-height block recessed to left with single window at basem

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.