Press Castle

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 87094 65402 Coordinates 387094, 665402 — Earlier to mid 19th century, incorporating earlier fabric, with later additions and alterations. Asymmetrical, 2-storey with raised basement, 4-bay, rectangular-plan house with castellated Tudor Gothic detailing; later full-height wing at rear forming near L-plan; further lower wing at rear forming U-plan with lower ancillary range adjoined to E, enclosing service courtyard. Painted harl; painted dressings. Moulded eaves to principal block; surmounting crenellated parapet. Narrow quoin strips throughout; plain margins; some chamfered openings. W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to projecting porch off-set to left of centre with 2-leaf panelled and studded door; Tudor-arched, decorative fanlight; figurative statues surmounting flanking turrets; single window aligned at 1st floor. Single windows at all floors in bay recessed to outer left (architraved hoodmoulds); narrow windows at all floors in bay recessed to right. Full-height later canted windows to outer right. S (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-bay principal block to left with single windows at ground and 1st floors to left; single windows at all floors to right; porch recessed to outer left with part-glazed timber panelled door at basement; Tudor-arched, decorative fanlight; pointed-arch window aligned above. Full-height, 3-bay range recessed to right with near full-width, lean-to greenhouse at basement; regularly fenestrated above. Coped wall adjoined to outer right. E (REAR) ELEVATION: irregularly fenestrated piended wing projecting to left with lean-to greenhouse adjoined to outer left. Lower piended wing to outer right

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.