Blackadder West, Inner Western Cottage
Farm Labourers Cottage (19th Century)
Site Name Blackadder West, Inner Western Cottage
Classification Farm Labourers Cottage (19th Century)
Canmore ID 263193
Site Number NT85SW 60
NGR NT 84287 52281
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/263193
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Edrom
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
Standing Building Recording (7 June 2012 - 8 June 2012)
out in June 2012 on a derelict row of agricultural workers’ cottages constructed in 1836 (date stone). Four cottages are contained in a single block constructed on whinstone rubble with droved sandstone ashlar dressings. Nine bays form the fenestration on the principal S-facing elevation. The attics were formerly lit by brick-built dormer windows. These were a later 19th-century addition that required the walls to be raised by c0.5m. The interior of the building had been stripped of its
wall linings but the fireplaces, constructed of cast iron grates with cooking sways, were in situ.
The interior reduction of the ground floor was monitored, and this work revealed that the cottages sit on a wide foundation course of unbonded rubble within a foundation trench.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended). Reports: RCAHMS and Scottish Borders SMR
Funder: Mr Ian Gaston
Mike Cressey - CFA Archaeology Ltd, 2012
(Source: DES)
