Stoneyburn, Stoneyburn House
House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Stoneyburn, Stoneyburn House
Classification House (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 275427
Site Number NS96SE 59
NGR NS 98012 62567
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275427
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Whitburn
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
STONEYBURN
Unfettered by urban design, with a few sporadic monuments. Small, cream-rendered former? Church of Scotland is unusually pretty; buttressed gable to the street with a heavy Arts & Crafts belfry. Nearby Stoneyburn House has a long pedigree proven by datestones of 1655, 1670, 1678, 1713 and 1759. Stoneyburn Primary School, 1986, Lothian Regional Council Architects, is a nucleus of flat-roofed, brown-brick hexagons with horizontal glazing Bents, 1919, is an early development of 138 homes in a fit country for heroes to live in built by United Collieries; likewise Garden City, built by the West Lothian Housing Society.
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
