Carlekemp

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Carlekemp

Carlekemp is a villa in the Scottish town of North Berwick in the East Lothian Council Area . In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish Monuments List in the highest category A. Furthermore, the associated lodge is independently classified as a Category A structure.

Along with Westerdunes and Bunkerhill , Carlekemp is one of three Elizabethan mansions on Abbotsford Road on the western edge of North Berwick. It dates from 1898, making it the oldest of the three. The client was the paper industrialist James Craig , whose brother Robert later had Bunkerhill built. The Scottish architect John Kinross is responsible for the design . Carlekemp housed a Roman Catholic school for many years. In the meantime, the villa has been structurally divided into five residential units.

description

The two-story building is asymmetrical. The front with the entrance area faces south. The arched portal is housed in a protruding part of the building. Flanking pilasters have a cornice and taper over it. They frame a coat of arms. Above it is a triple window with stone window posts. To the right of the entrance there are partly twin windows with pressed segmental arches . A notch emerges on the left. Sculptured dolphins are installed on its roof and seem to slide along the steep plain. The back of the building with its four cross gables is stylistically adapted to the front. Here, too, twin and triple windows with central posts as well as coat of arms plates and, in some cases, decorative battlements are installed. A one-story garage with a stepped gable emerges on the right. The roofs are covered with slate.

Carlekemp Lodge

The two-story lodge was designed and built together with the villa. It is located at the southern entrance to the property and is stylistically in harmony with the main building. Twin windows flank the suspected entrance door with an ornamented, bronze door handle. The two-winged access gate is connected to the lodge on the east side. The massive goal posts have a square floor plan and close stepped like a gable roof with a rounded ridge. There is also a pedestrian gate between the lodge and the main gate. This is designed with a profiled Tudor arch with a profiled, rectangular frame.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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Coordinates: 56 ° 3 ′ 36 "  N , 2 ° 44 ′ 42.8"  W.