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Latitude: 55.6238 / 55°37'25"N
Longitude: -3.5267 / 3°31'36"W
OS Eastings: 303956
OS Northings: 637747
OS Grid: NT039377
Mapcode National: GBR 33TD.8V
Mapcode Global: WH5SV.SXS3
Entry Name: Gillespie Moat,motte,Parkmanse Garden
Scheduled Date: 29 December 1967
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM2643
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: motte
Location: Biggar
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Clydesdale East
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
Dated 1863. 2-storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan farmhouse with gabled steading forming U-plan court. Rubble building with harl and cement pointing. Formerly with Tudor hoodmoulds. Gabled with trefoil-headed bargeboards.
W (MAIN) ELEVATION: low broad gabled porch advanced at centre, plaque in gable above inscribed "Built by Sir James Colquhoun Bart Lord Lieutenant of Dumbartonshire AD 1860"; now with modern rustic lean-to porch. Flanking symmetrical bays, bipartite windows at ground, window in gablehead.
OUTBUILDINGS: U-plan steadings at rear; various openings. uPVC sash and case look-alike windows. Grey slate roof.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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