Swinton, Main Street, Corbie Lea
House (19th Century)
Site Name Swinton, Main Street, Corbie Lea
Classification House (19th Century)
Canmore ID 218496
Site Number NT84NW 98
NGR NT 83380 47401
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/218496
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Swinton
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
Corbie Lea is a two-storeyed building which lies towards the south-west end of Main Street. It probably dates from the nineteenth century.
A photograph of the building taken in the 1970s shows that its masonry was then concealed beneath a layer of harling or roughcast. This contrasts with the smooth blocks of dressed stone used as corner stones or quoins, and as margins around the windows and the main front entrance. The roof is slated, and the chimney-stacks are of brick.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project