Gunsgreen House
Gunsgreen House is a villa in the Scottish village of Eyemouth in the Council Area Scottish Borders . In 1967 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. It is also part of a category A monument ensemble.
history
The villa was built around 1753 to a design by the Scottish architect James Adam . Patrick Hume of Billie acquired Gunsgreen House in 1764. John Nisbet later owned the villa . The merchant Nisbet was a well-known smuggler and set up the building directly on the harbor to accommodate smuggled goods. After Nisbet's business was increasingly disrupted by the authorities in the 1780s, he lost his fortune in a court process initiated by his opponent Alexander Robertson in 1789. Robertson subsequently secured Gunsgreen House. In the centuries that followed, the villa changed hands many times. Throughout its history it has also served as the hotel and clubhouse for the local golf club. In the 1990s, the dilapidated Gunsgreen House stood empty. The non-profit Gunsgreen House Trust was founded in 1998 and restored the villa with donations.
description
Gunsgreen House is located directly on the Eyemouth docks. The three-story villa is designed in a Palladian style. The facades are plastered with natural stone details. The entrance area, located in the middle of the five-axis wide, west-facing front, is accessible via a front staircase with a balustrade . A gable triangle crowns the window above the arched portal , while the flanking windows on the first floor close with simple cornices . All five windows are designed with balustrade aprons. Significantly smaller windows are installed on the second floor. A simple, grooved cornice runs around below the slate-covered platform roof . The fortification wall on the port side with pyramidal buttresses is made of rubble . The wall, presumably from the 19th century, is designed with blind oculi and battlements.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Gunsgreen House online presence
- Entry on Gunsgreen House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 52 '20.7 " N , 2 ° 5' 7.9" W.