Description

1. 1605

6/404 FILEY ROAD (west side) No 3 " Dunollie " the address shall be amended to read FILEY ROAD (west side) No 31 " Dunollie "

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FILEY ROAD 1. 1605 (westside) No 3 " Dunollie" TA 0487 - TA 0587 6/404

II Large house. 1901. Designed by A.J. Penty in the neo Georgian style. Red brick with ashlar dressings and hipped and bell-canted Cumberland slate roof. 9 tall brick stacks. Moulded and decorated eaves. Glazing bar sash windows throughout. East entrance front has 5 bay recessed centre, and projecting 3 bay wings. Central section has ashlar entrance colonnade with pairs of Ionic columns supporting a plain entablature topped by a balustrade. Central double glazed panel doors with segmental over-light and flanking half columns, to the left a 3 light mullion window with iron casements. Above a central glazed balcony door with over-light in wooden surround carved with fruit, flanked by 2 sashes. Above three 3-light dormer windows with iron casements. The projecting wings each have 4 plain pilaster strips, with three sashes with keystones;and above 3 further sashes, above again single 4-light dormer windows. Set back to right a 4 bay wing with 3 sashes, and above 3 smaller sashes. South garden front has projecting 2 storey canted bay, with a central glazed garden door, flanked by sashes, above again an open sleeping balcony with plain balustrade and hipped roof. To the south-west a lean-to conservatory with beyond a tall 2 storey transom and mullion window -lighting the great hall. Interior: Panelled vestibule with barrel vault leading to 2 storey great hall with wooden roof, gallery with turned balusters, panelling with fluted Doric pilasters, a four-centred arched stone fireplace and a built in organ with C17 style wooden case, and a tall oriel window Art Nouveau style stained glass. Dog leg staircase with turned balusters and square newels. Morning room, now library, has mid-C18 style decoration with panelled walls,plaster ceiling and coving and elaborate fireplace with panelled over mantle. Drawing room has early - C18 style decoration with bracketed plaster coving and wreathed plaster ceiling with fluted Ionic pilasters either-side of a carved marble fireplace. Billiard room has wainscot panelling and plaster ceiling with raised seating around the walls. Dining room has sumptuous mid - C18 style decoration with a fireplace recess with fluted Doric marble columns in - antis between pilasters white marble with black bases and capitals. Panelling, fluted Ionic pilasters, fine carved door cases, a bolection mould fireplace and an oval wreathed plaster ceiling. Bedrooms also have good quality plaster-work, the Master Bedroom is in the Adam style.

Listing NGR: TA0425387091

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)