Seymour Lodge

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Seymour Lodge is shown on the left. The picture was taken around 1880

The Seymour Lodge is a villa in the Scottish city of Dundee in the same council area . In 1965 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

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The villa was built around 1880 to a design by Scottish architects Charles and Leslie Ower . It is on Perth Road west of Dundee city center. The two-story Seymour Lodge is designed in the style of Victorian neo-Gothic . It has a square floor plan. Its masonry consists of stone blocks of different sizes that were built into layered masonry.

Along the south-facing main facade, the windows are made with stone pillars and coupled to form quadruplets or triplets . The risalit on the left closes with a steep platform roof, while the gable on the right is designed with elaborately ornamented wooden elements. An ornamented frieze between the floors divides the facade horizontally. Half of the west facade is designed analogously to the south facade. The ogival entrance door is located there . Two hip roof - dormer windows with triple windows stand on. A balcony with a frieze emerges on the east facade. This is followed by the one-storey east wing, the cornices of which are designed with quatrains . The roofs are covered with slate.

Individual evidence

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

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Coordinates: 56 ° 27 '24.7 "  N , 2 ° 59' 58.9"  W.