Binny House

Binny House, c.1840, perhaps Richard Crichton

Now in institutional use, this seat of the Stewarts of Binny, built in creamy Binny stone, has all the trappings of a Regency villa (pavilion roof and great tall chimneystacks) given a later front; a Doric porch flanked by projecting, balustraded two-storey bays. Curious extensions to the east with oculi, blind arcading and round-headed dormer windows. Bedroom block extension in stone and coloured harl by Erdal Architects, 1997. Small, older doocot behind. Flanked by two blind-arcaded pavilions, the stables are dominated by a semicircular pediment on brackets, trimmed with oversized diabolo-shaped urns. Converted to four houses with ingenious courtyard stair towers in stone metal and timber by Crichton Wood Architects. Saltire Housing Design Awards commendation, 2005. Mausoleum, 1873, is a plain Gothic façade to a burial chamber set in the rock of the hill

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

NT07SE 23.00 05254 73367

NT07SE 23.01 NT 05168 73431 Stables

NT07SE 23.02 NT 05539 73515 Middle Lodge

See also:

NT07SE 15.00 NT 05255 73399 Dovecot

NT07SW 32.00 NT 04905 73291 Mausoleum

NMRS REFERENCE;

Auction Catalogue, Christies 9 April 1984, no.39. Sale organised by Christies and held on the premises on Monday 9th April 1984, by order of the Executors of Mrs Annie J Lang. Catalogue illustrated with black and white photographs opf some of the contents, cover illustarted with an oblique view of the house. Sketch plan by Ian Gow inside back cover. Sale includes furniture, ceramics and textiles.

209 x 148

Filed in NMRS Print Room with other uncatalogued sale brochures.

(Undated) information in NMRS.