Monument record MHG6984 - Bridge House, Cawdor Village
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NH 8466 5005 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NH85SW |
Old County | NAIRNSHIRE |
Civil Parish | CAWDOR |
Geographical Area | NAIRN |
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Full Description
The building was photographed as part of a character appraisal of Cawdor Conservation Area in 2015. <1>
Bridge House (UID05) is 'C' listed and located at the corner of the minor road next to the footbridge leading to North Lodge Gate House. It has a horizontal wooden fence with chicken wire to the front and a hedge to the side.
The building is one and a half storey, with a L shaped frontage and incorperates a large extension, UID 58, behind.
There are stone crow steps along all gable and dormer features, finished with carved stone finials. It has a light grey harlling finish, with ashlar architrave dressings to windows and doors. The gable ends have crowsteps leading to stone carved ball finials.
The roof is of traditional Scottish slate, a leaded ridgeline with black traditional style metal guttering and downpipes. There are two harlled end stacks with corniced tops and tall pots.
The building has a single narrow three light studio in white wooden frame, and a single eight light sash window in a white wooden frame at the gable ends.
On the ground floor there is a single large twelve light sash window with white wooden frame within a ashlar architrave. There is a large bay window containing a twelve light sash window, a white wooden frame and two side vertical four light sash window with white wooden frames. These bay windows are set in ashlar architraves.
The front has a red wooden single period door with black round doorhandle and a two light fanlight, set into a depressed arch with ashlar architrave.
UID 59 has a stone gable and a single stone end stack with a single tall clay pot chimney just visible from access lane. UID059 is believed to be the original cottage on site.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG27122 Dataset: Worth, S. 2015. Cawdor Conservation Area Appraisal Dataset. Highland Council. Digital. UID058-059.
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Record last edited
Jan 22 2016 10:53AM