Linsandel House
Linsandel House , formerly also Netherby , is a villa in the Scottish town of Dalkeith in the Midlothian Council Area . In 1983 the building was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A.
description
The villa stretches between Melville Road and Avenue Road to the north of Eskbank, which is now part of Dalkeith. Linsandel House was built in 1884 to a design by Know and Hutton . The villa is listed under the name Netherby on maps from the 1890s .
Linsandel House is designed in Italianate style with Greek details. The two-story building has an L-shaped floor plan. The stone material processed into a layered masonry comes from Northumberland, England . Window posts, lintels and balusters , on the other hand, are partly made of a reddish stone from Dumfries and Galloway . The entrance area of the asymmetrical villa is located on a three-story tower on the southwest side. The two-winged portal with a fighter window is designed with a grooved cornice with acroteria and a small triangular gable . On the left is a balustrade with red balusters and a cast-iron lamp. The edges of the top floor of the tower are designed with paired blind pillars . An ornamented frieze runs around it.
The asymmetrically arranged windows are partly paired to twin windows and designed with central mullions. A flat, rounded bay window emerges on the south side . The filigree ornamented, segment-arch- shaped woodwork on the overhanging roof gables is striking . The roofs are covered with gray-green slate. The roofs are finished with red bricks.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Linsandel House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 53 '21.7 " N , 3 ° 4' 52.8" W.