Historic Scotland - Stewarton

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central advanced pedimented door piece with moulded architrave and replacement entrance door. Non-traditional top-opening windows. Piended roof with grey slates, Corniced wall head stacks with decorative cans. INTERIOR Was (seen 2008). Comprehensively modernised. GATE PIERS: A pair of tall square-plan gate piers to drive with flanking smaller pedestrian gate piers. Ashlar with base course, cornice and overhanging swept pyramidal capstones. Modern metal gates. REFERENCES: 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1894-6. New Statistical Account, V01 V 1845, p734. S Milligan, Old <strong>Stewarton</strong>, Dunlop and Lugton, 2001 p30. NOTES: This roadside lodge has refined, well-detailed Classical features. Together with the distinctively designed gatepiers, it is situated at the entrance to the drive of Robertland House and forms an important and integral part of the wider estate. Gate lodges such as this played an important function for large estates as they were usually the first building a visitor would see on approach to the main house. The design of the lodge therefore was of importance in establishing an impression within the visitors' mind. The lodge first appears on the 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey Map of 1894-6. The drive way to the house appears to have been realigned further to the South sometime after the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map of 1854 and the lodge and gatepiers may have been built at this time. Robertland Estate is one with a long history within the Parish. There was originally a castle at Robert and (the site is now a Scheduled Monument) lying to the SE of the present house. The present house was built at the beginning of the 19th century by the then owner Alexander Kerr, a native of the area who had made his money in the tobacco trade. The Estate then passed to his son after his death in the 1840s. The Estate passed through a number of different owners in the 20th century. List Description updated as part of Stew arton Parish resurvey, 2009. Category changed from B to C(S) in 2009. 106
Glossary crennellated: (Military / Fortifications) having battlements cyma: Moulding (USA) or moulding (AUS, CAN, UK and rest of the world) is a strip of material with various cross sections used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration. It is traditionally made from solid milled wood or plaster but may be made from plastic or reformed wood. In classical architecture and sculpture, the moulding is often carved in marble or other stones Doric: In classical architecture, one of the five types of column Gatepiers; Gate piers: Pillars at either side of a gate to a country house. These could be especially ornate, perhaps displayed a coat of arms. Guttae: small projections under the triglyphs in a doric frieze. Said to represent pegs used in the original timber construction. See Classical Architecture. Harling: is a Scottish term describing an exterior building surfacing technique. The theory of harling is to produce a long-lasting weatherproof shield for a stone building. The pigment is embedded in the harled material, thus obviating the need for repainting. Harling is a technique used to surface many of the Scottish castles, but it is also used for a variety of common building types. It is long-lasting and practical and well suited to the Scottish weather. Hood-moulds: A projecting moulding over an anchor lintel designed to throw off water, also known as dripstones. Ogee In architecture, the term is used for a moulding with an ogee-shaped profile, consisting (going from low to high) of a concave arc flowing into a convex arc, with vertical ends; if the lower curve is convex and higher one concave, this is known as a Roman ogee, although frequently the terms are used as if they are interchangeable and for a variety of other shapes. Alternative names for such a true Roman ogee molding include cyma reversa and talon. Ogee: In architecture, the term is used for a moulding with an ogee-shaped profile, consisting (going from low to high) of a concave arc flowing into a convax arc, with vertical ends; if the lower curve is convex and higher one concave, this is known as a Roman ogeealthough frequently the terms are used as if they are interchangeable and for a variety of other shapes. Alternative names for such a true Roman ogee molding include cyma reversa and talon. Oculus: A round opening or window without stone tracery but occasionally cusped. 107
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