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Desk Based Assessment
Date 19 December 2006
Event ID 1009511
Category Recording
Type Desk Based Assessment
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1009511
Dunbar town house is oblong on plan and has two storeys and a dormered attic; a semi-hexagonal stair tower capped by a slated peined roof and then a lead covered, oval spire projects from the west wall. The projecting base and two string courses of the tower suggest a construction date after 1650. The masonry is of local red sandstone and is built of rubble with cream coloured sandstone edging on the lower portions of the tower. The building was stripped of its harling before 1920. A Building Appraisal was carried out to assess the likely impact of new harling to the building and the imposition of new drainage work.
Additional building survey and a watching brief was recommended prior to and during the building renovation work.
Funder: East Lothian Council
CFA Archaeology Ltd
