Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

ACADEMY ROAD, HOPETOUN HOUSELB37859

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
23/02/1981
Supplementary Information Updated
12/03/2019
Local Authority
Dumfries And Galloway
Planning Authority
Dumfries And Galloway
Burgh
Moffat
NGR
NT 08391 5493
Coordinates
308391, 605493

Description

Built around 1723, Hopetoun House is a three-storey, three-bay, symmetrical terraced house on Academy Road, the main street leading into Moffat from the north. It is painted render with smooth advanced window and door margins. The rear elevation is pointed rubble. The roof is pitched and has grey slates and there is a wide stone and coped mutual chimney stack on the south gable.

The street elevation has a central doorway and equally spaced narrow windows. The second floor windows are just below the roof eaves. There is a four panel timber entrance door and plate glass in sash and case window. The rear elevation has a central single storey outshot. The windows in the rear elevation are 12-pane sash and case.

Photographs from 2019 show some good plain mid-18th century timber panelling in the stairwell and the upper floors. There is a cast iron range in a droved stone surround and tiled hearth in the dining room. The range is embossed with the makers mark of 'D.Anderson Ironmonger, Moffat'.

Statement of Special Interest

The Hopetoun House title deeds note that the house was built for John Black of Heatheryhaugh and his wife Jannat Johnstone around 1723 (Information courtesy of member of the public, 2019).

Hopetoun House and the nearby Archbald Moffatt House are believed to be the oldest houses in Moffat. They are built using clay mortar which predates 1762 when the Earl of Hopetoun outlawed the use of 'failed clay'.

Listed building record updated in 2019.

References

Bibliography

Canmore: http://canmore.org.uk/ CANMORE ID 215121

Maps

Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1857, published 1861) Dumfriesshire, Sheet XVI (includes: Kirkpatrick-Juxta; Moffat) 25 Inches to the mile. 1st Edition. Southampton: Ordnance Survey.

Anon, Tracing of original survey [1780] by John T. Johnstone, [1901] Town of Moffat.

Other Sources

Further information courtesy of owner and member of the public, 2019.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

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.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

If part of a building is not listed, it will say that it is excluded in the statutory address and in the statement of special interest in the listed building record. The statement will use the word 'excluding' and quote the relevant section of the 1997 Act. Some earlier listed building records may use the word 'excluding', but if the Act is not quoted, the record has not been revised to reflect subsequent legislation.

Listed building consent is required for changes to a listed building which affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest. The relevant planning authority is the point of contact for applications for listed building consent.

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