Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

BARNTON AVENUE WEST, BARNTON HOUSE (FORMERLY) WEST LODGE GATEPIERSLB30052

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
12/12/1974
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 18504 75558
Coordinates
318504, 675558

Description

David Hamilton, circa 1810. Tudor gatepiers to former Barnton House (demolished and replaced with housing, W & J R Watson, 1982). Pair of pointed-arched, 4-columned piers flank entry; curved corner wall to left; single octagonal pier to Barnton Avenue West. Polished yellow sandstone; droved sandstone wall.

W (WHITEHOUSE ROAD) ELEVATION: 2 piers comprising double engaged octagonal columns to left and right of architraved arch; architraved panelling set within each facet; projecting base courses; carved foliate decoration to friezes; upper crenellation between columns. Cast-iron gates missing.

WALL: round-arched arrow slits set at intervals along curved wall to street. Projecting base course; roll-moulded cornice.

N (BARNTON AVENUE WEST ) ELEVATION: single octagonal pier to left of wall; round-arched arrow slits to each facet; chamfered plinth; architraved capital with sculpted foliate panels in each facet; surmounting geometric crenellation.

Statement of Special Interest

Despite the demolition of Barnton House and the subsequent redevelopment, the gate piers remain significant - both in terms of scale, detail and quality of craftsmanship, remaining tangible evidence of the previous existence of Barnton House. The 1914 Ordnance Survey map shows a lodge within the gates (since demolished).

References

Bibliography

Plan & elevation Hamilton Folios, vol 2, sheet 269, Glasgow University Fine art Department; Ordnance Survey map, 1853; Gifford, McWilliam and Walker, EDINBURGH (1984) p552; CRAMOND HERITAGE PARK: POLICY REPORT (1985) City of Edinburgh District Council; M Cant, VILLAGES OF EDINBURGH (1986) p48; D Watters ?Domestic Works?, DAVID HAMILTON, ARCHITECT, 1768 - 1843: FATHER OF THE PROFESSION, ed A MacKechnie (1993) p16.

About Listed Buildings

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Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

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