Greenlaw House
Greenlaw House is a villa near the Scottish village of Castle Douglas in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
description
The classicist villa was built around 1741. The two-story structure is isolated off the A713 around two kilometers north of Castle Douglas. The facades are plastered with Harl with detached rusticated corner stones . The south-west facing front is seven axes wide, with the two outer axes being set back slightly. The central entrance area is designed with four Ionic pilasters and segmented cornices . The entrance portal with a semicircular fighter window is accessible via a front staircase with cast iron balusters . Elongated windows with closing oculi flank the portal. The twelve-part lattice windows embedded along the façade close with architraves .
The masonry on the rear facade is made of quarry stone . Nevertheless, their design largely corresponds to that of the front. Only Doric instead of Ionic pilasters were chosen. On both side facades, semicircular bulges that are three axes wide protrude. Venetian windows are used on the ground floor . There is a staircase inside on the west side. The building closes with a slate hipped roof .
Around 1984 a fire ravaged Greenlaw House and in 1986 the roof was partially destroyed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Greenlaw House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 54 ° 57 '31.6 " N , 3 ° 56' 50.7" W.