Survey Data
Reg No
11903707
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1760 - 1800
Coordinates
270597, 189411
Date Recorded
25/10/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey over raised basement house, c.1780, originally on a T-shaped plan retaining some early fenestration with round-headed door opening to centre approached by flight of steps and single-bay three-storey return to rear to north-east. Extended, c.1900, comprising single-bay three-storey flat-roofed flanking bay to south of return and single-bay single-storey over open basement cantilevered flanking bay to north of return. Reroofed, c.1940, with single-bay single-storey lean-to conservatory added to side elevation to north-west. Part refenestrated, c.1990. Hipped roofs. Replacement artificial slate, c.1940. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Iron rainwater goods. Flat-roofs to additional bays. Bitumen felt. Roughcast walls. Painted. Square-headed window openings (blind to side elevation to north-west; round-headed to first floor to return). Stone sills. 6/6 timber sash windows. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990, to basement and to rear elevation to north-east. Fixed-pane windows to conservatory. Round-headed door opening approached by flight of stone steps. Cut-stone doorcase with keystone. Timber panelled door. Spoked fanlight. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Tarmacadam forecourt to front. Detached six-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with attic, c.1780, to south retaining early aspect with series of segmental-headed integral carriageways. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Brick chimney stack. Cut-stone coping to gables. Rubble stone walls (originally with whitewash over). Brick dressings. Segmental-headed openings. No sills. Yellow brick dressings. Timber fittings. Segmental-headed integral carriageways. Yellow brick dressings. No fittings.
Appraisal
Grangemellon House is a fine and well-maintained late-Georgian substantial farmhouse on a symmetrical plan and with a primary (south-west) elevation of graceful Classical proportions. The house retains many important early salient features, including fenestration to ground and to first floors, and a fine cut-stone doorcase with spoked fanlight. Although extended to the rear, the additions do not detract from the original character of the house. The house is attractively set in its own landscaped grounds, on a slightly elevated site, and is a prominent landmark from the roads to north and to west. Complementing the house is the attendant outbuilding to south that retains much of its original character, features and materials. The Grangemellon estate is a fine and almost intact example of a late eighteenth-century prosperous farm holding, which is of considerable social and historic important.