Danefield House | |
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Location | Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°48′34″N 4°52′52″W / 55.8095°N 4.8811°W |
OS grid reference | NS 195,611 |
Built | 1883 |
Built for | William Crum |
Architect | John Douglas |
Listed Building – Category B | |
Designated | 8 September 1982 |
Reference no. | LB37169 |
Danefield House, Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland, is a late 19th-century villa designed for William Crum by John Douglas. Douglas's only house in Scotland, it is a Category B listed building.
The house is dated 1883 and was designed by John Douglas [1] for W. G. Crum. [2] The Crums were connected by marriage with Larg's most notable resident, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who had built a large mansion, Netherhall, in the town. [3] They also rented Mere Old Hall in Cheshire, the county in which Douglas was most prolific. [4]
Pevsner describes the style of Danefield as "a simplified version of (Douglas's) Arts and Crafts Paddocks (with a) dash of Scots Baronial". [1] Of two storeys, with substantial cellars and attics, the villa is constructed of yellow ashlar with old red sandstone dressings. [5] It is a Category B listed building. [5]
Danefield House | |
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Location | Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°48′34″N 4°52′52″W / 55.8095°N 4.8811°W |
OS grid reference | NS 195,611 |
Built | 1883 |
Built for | William Crum |
Architect | John Douglas |
Listed Building – Category B | |
Designated | 8 September 1982 |
Reference no. | LB37169 |
Danefield House, Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland, is a late 19th-century villa designed for William Crum by John Douglas. Douglas's only house in Scotland, it is a Category B listed building.
The house is dated 1883 and was designed by John Douglas [1] for W. G. Crum. [2] The Crums were connected by marriage with Larg's most notable resident, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who had built a large mansion, Netherhall, in the town. [3] They also rented Mere Old Hall in Cheshire, the county in which Douglas was most prolific. [4]
Pevsner describes the style of Danefield as "a simplified version of (Douglas's) Arts and Crafts Paddocks (with a) dash of Scots Baronial". [1] Of two storeys, with substantial cellars and attics, the villa is constructed of yellow ashlar with old red sandstone dressings. [5] It is a Category B listed building. [5]