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Summary

Description

The Longhouse is a single-storey house, a converted former three-bay dwelling and two-bay byre, possibly dating from the early-18^th century, with some later 19^th century alterations. It has a boulder base and thick walls constructed in random rubble with clay mortar pointing. The building is orientated south to north with the front (south) gable facing The Green.

The front (south) gable has a pair of early 19^th century windows at ground floor level and a small opening at attic level, off-centre to left, patched with brick. The southern end of the range (possibly heightened in late 19^th century) has a door to the centre on the east elevation. It is flanked on the right by an enlarged 19^th century window and on the left by an earlier, blocked-up opening (matched by a similar window on the west elevation, also blocked). The north (rear) gable is broader than that to the south, with two small asymmetrically positioned window openings.

The window openings were enlarged in the early-19^th century with reused red and cream ashlar blocks (chamfered lintels of early to mid-18^th century appearance). There are some roughly-squared, cream sandstone, long and short dressings to the original openings, curved and chamfered at southeast angle.

The windows are predominantly 8-pane glazing in timber sash and case frames. The roof is steep-pitched and covered in slates. At the time of listing in 1991, there were flagstone floors internally.

Statement of Special Interest

An early survival in the centre of Ancrum village, probably thatched originally.

The Longhouse was converted in the late 1990s to form a single dwellinghouse from a dwelling/store/garage related to the former smithy shown on the 2^nd Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1897.

At the time of listing in 1991, the alternative name of Sunnyside Cottage was thought to apply to this building, however this is now the name of a neighbouring property that is not listed.

Statutory address and listed building record revised in 2022. Previously listed as 'Ancrum Village, The Green, Smithy Cottage, also known as Sunnyside Cottage'.

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