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Brown and Wardrop (completed as Wardrop and Reid) 1869-77 in present external form being Francois Ier remodelling of earlier house of several dates with total frontage of 300', viz:- NW angle of main block small tower house probably late 14th century; extended to L-plan by wing running eastwards 54' linked at S gable, extended a further 88' mid 17th century and then by a further 40' to produce an approx. symmetrical 3-storey house of 182' frontage with single pile centre and double pile ends, centre of north front being recessed with octagonal stair turrets; low 2-storey L-plan wings added at ends late in 17th century to bring total frontage to 300'; Internal alterations proposed (?if executed) James Craig 1785, Internal alterations David Hamilton 1827, scheme for further additions 1830, not executed. Remodelled 1869-77, original harled surfaces and openings retained but more embellished with French architectural features carried out in coursers or ashlar, principally twin bay windows corbelled to square at 2nd floor with high French roofs, double staircase and 1st floor balcony south front, large triple stairhall block with high pavilion roof and angle turrets, single-storey entrance hall and porch with balconied platform roof north front tourelles added angles of main block, high French roofs added over end sections of main block and wings chimneys rebuilt with diamond panels. Interior:- various dates, old staircase much renewed early in present century after fire damage, fine baroque painted ceiling, neo Greek pilastered and barrel vaulted library, small drawing room David Hamilton 1827, remainder modified or remodelled by Wardop.
Sites and Monument Record: Callendar House (SMR 562)
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This lectern doocot stands near the W end of Dovecot Rd, Westquarter. It is in an excellent state of preservation, the roof having been renewed by Historic Scotland. Slightly oblong in plan, it measures 18 ft 3 ins from E to W by 16 ft 3 ins transversely over walls 2 ft 10 ins thick, and is built of random rubble with dressed quoins and door-rybats. The door is in the centre of the S side, and above this a heavy round perching course runs all round the building. Resting on this above the door is an heraldic panel topped by a small moulded cornice, above which there is a row of three openings for the birds. From the wall head of the S wall the roof slopes up towards the N wall, which is considerably higher, the slope being interrupted to provide space for a further row of sic openings for pigeons. The side walls are crow-stepped to a point about half way up the upper portion of the roof, where they meet the returns of the tabled parapet that tops the N wall. This parapet is finished with scrolls and pilasters, and bears ball finials at the corners. The inner faces of the walls consist wholly of stone built nests, which number 868; they are built in regular rows each about 9 ins high. The floor is laid with bricks, in which a circular setting marks the socket hole of the vanished potence. The armorial stone is fully described in the noted documentation. Dated 1647.
Sites and Monument Record: Westquarter House Doocot (SMR 55)
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A doocot is mentioned in connection with Woodside in the Edinburgh Evening Courant on the 20th June 1793. This may have been at the stable bock Woodside became known as Glenbervie.
Sites and Monument Record: Woodside House Doocot (SMR 56)
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An ice-house is said to have been in use at the hospital here earlier this century.
Sites and Monument Record: Bellsdyke Hospital Ice-house (SMR 59)
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The ice-house lies c90 m E of Carriden House, almost at the top of a wooded N-facing escarpment leading down to the Forth Estuary. It is perhaps in a better state of preservation than any of the other ice-houses in the District. The ice-chamber is 3.2 m in diameter and at least 2 m deep below the foot of the entrance door which is on the N. The roof is domed, with a circular aperture in the centre from which a square shaft c90cm long gives access to the outside. This is now covered with a manhole cover and would have been used to load the ice. The whole structure is of brick, the inside walls have been whitewashed. The antechamber communicates with the outside by three steps with checks for a door opening outwards. A door was also fitted at the entrance to the ice-chamber. The walls of the entechamber are irregular and curve in towards the main chamber. On the W side is a large recess, which may have been a larder. The antechamber has a barrel vaulted roof. The whole is covered externally by earth and the facade plainly retained by stone walls. Ice may have been obtained from the
Sites and Monument Record: Carriden House Ice-house (SMR 61)
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This ice-house was situated at the foot of a N facing slope which in 1860 formed a strip of wooded land. The OS map shows a path descending the hill to the E of the ice-house and curving in to an access on the N side of a rectangular structure. The site lay c230 m N of the house, and is now separated from it by the M9 motorway. No trace remains above the ground, other than a scatter of stones. Ice could have been gathered from an artificial pond 150 m W of Kinnaird House.
Sites and Monument Record: Kinnaird House Ice-house (SMR 67)
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The ice-house lies near the foot of a N facing wooded slope c20 m NNW of the house. The facade is of the plain stone rubble construction topped by round capping stones. Two buttress walls project forward at right angles to the main face. To either side of the checked doorway are small ventilation openings which were once protected by an iron grill. From these shafts led to the air gap around the ice-chamber itself. This chamber is reached from a vaulted antechamber with a second door at the interface between them. The chamber is egg-shaped and constructed of brick. The dome is still intact and has a loading hatch at the apex. The whole of the structure is buried under a mound of earth which projects from the natural hillslope. The two iron doors are now detached and rotting in the vicinity.
Sites and Monument Record: Larbert House Ice-house (SMR 69)
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Grassam's map of 1818 shows an ice-house on the W side of Icehouse Brae. It is also commemorated in the name Icehouse Well (Love,J III, 333) noted for its soft water. A plan in the SRO shows this the modern planting around a circular ice-house. Nothing can now be seen on the surface.
Sites and Monument Record: Laurieston Ice-house (SMR 70)
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An ice-house with a brick built circular ice-chamber set in puddled clay was demolished by the Amenity And Recreation Dept of FDC in 1980 as part of their development of the estate as a country park.
Sites and Monument Record: Muiravonside House Ice-house (SMR 71)
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An interesting ice-house with a right-angled bend in the entrance passage to reduce drafts. The entrance door faces N but is shielded by the retaining wall of the E facing bank into which it is cut, giving it an E aspect. The door is only 1.2 m high, and the first 1.2 m of the passage is only 1.4 m tall. The ceiling then slopes up to 1.97 m. The walls are brick built, but the roof of the passage consists of 8 large flat sandstone slabs accurately chamfered to fit tightly together. A second door stood at the entrance to the ice-chamber which is rectangular in shape, 3.75 m by 3,7 m. The walls are of a high quality facing brick with a brick vaulted roof. In the centre of the roof is a square aperture formerly fitted with an iron frame and cover. The aperture, 0.6 m by 0.45 m in size, leads to the top of the earth mound after 60 cm. The ice-house is built into the E facing back of a cutting through which an estate road runs in a N-S direction. The top of the mound is thus level with the field to the W. The 1860s OS map shows this as a wooded area, but at this date the estate road lay further W. By 1921 it is noted by the OS as "Old Icehouse". The ice-house must date to the later part of the 19th century. It is c130 m from the house, and is now owned by Parkhall Farm who are slowly filling it in with agricultural debris. As the open top presents a hazard to animals the structure is unlikely to survive long. The Union Canal lies some 350 m to the N. by
Sites and Monument Record: Parkhall House Ice-house (SMR 72)
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