Wynd Cottage

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Building summary
Name Wynd Cottage
Address 1 Parliament Square, Cross Wynd
Postcode KY15 7BE
Other names 1 Parliament Square
Date 18th century
OS grid ref NO 25271 07322
Latitude & longitude 56°15′09″N 3°12′28″W

Wynd Cottage, also known as 1 Parliament Square, is a house in Parliament Square with its side elevation onto Cross Wynd, now a private home.

HES listing details[1]
Reference: LB31312 Date: 12/01/1971 Category: B
Address/Site Name

House (David Bett) Parliament Square, Cross Wynd, including buildings of courtyard at rear

Description

18 century, altered 2-storey 2-window stuccoed with painted margins modern Roman tiled roof. Rear wing 2-storey rubble and pantile, 2 small single storey outbuildings forming cobbled court with rear wing of The Shien; lintels RT EM1672 and MB IW 1730, the former said to have come from Scone Palace

1963 listing details[2]
Number: 25
Address/Site Name

House, Parliament Square, Cross Wynd, south of 24

Description

2-storey: stucco and tile: altered: back sheds have lintels RT.EM.1672 and MB.IW.1730: the former said to come from Scone Palace: (Inventory 246(4))

Previous uses

An adjunct to smithy with access to farm?[3]

Special features

A simple vernacular cottage. Door with previous entry[3]

Extensions

Attic benefitted from Velux windows aiding circulation of air.[3]

Former residents

Derek & Vanda - 1995.[3]

Notes

  1. HES record for LB31312
  2. List of buildings, 1963. Covers what are now Ross House and Thistle House. "24" refers to former houses the other side of Cross Wynd.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Information from occupier