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Macmine Castle — MACKMINE

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Macmine Castle — MACKMINE
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Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with half-dormer attic, extant 1863, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height gabled projecting breakfront. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued private residential use. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof, lichen-covered clay ridge tiles centred on rendered red brick Running bond diagonal chimney stack on chamfered cushion course on rendered base having chamfered capping, timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and no rainwater goods surviving on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters. Roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one or two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds opposite entrance to Macmine Castle with roughcast monolithic piers to perimeter supporting crocketed cast-iron gate.

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