This balanced five-bay pair uses a disciplined ashlar front and matching fanlit entrances, enlivened by a later, more assertive doorpiece at number 13.
Quick facts
- Date
- Earlier to mid-nineteenth century, with later additions
- Architect / designer
- Architect and builder not recorded in the designation
- Type
- Symmetrical pair of classical houses
- Designation
- Listed building, Category C (LB44122)
- OS grid reference
- NT 30946 65129
Architecture and continuing use
The principal elevation is faced in stugged ashlar with raised droved window margins, a base course and a simple eaves line. Each house has a panelled door and two-light fanlight. Number 13 gained a broader tripartite surround with cornice and blocking course, introducing deliberate competition within the otherwise symmetrical pair.
Its story
The houses were built between the early and middle decades of the nineteenth century. Later additions altered the rear, and a new doorpiece gave number 13 more visual weight. Their regular frontage belongs to the formative domestic expansion of Dundas Street.
Why it is included
The pair shows how individual alteration could modify social expression without destroying the rhythm of a shared classical terrace.
What to notice
- The five-bay symmetry across both houses.
- Matching fanlights beneath differently emphatic surrounds.
- Traditional twelve-pane sashes on the street front.
Reading the surroundings
These are treated as private homes. Remain on public pavement and avoid photographing occupants or interiors.
Timeline
- Earlier to mid-nineteenth century The paired houses established a symmetrical ashlar frontage.
- Later nineteenth century Number 13 acquired a broader tripartite entrance surround.
- 7 March 1997 The house pair and boundary walls were listed at Category C.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The date of the altered doorpiece is not fixed, and present residential arrangements are not inferred beyond the building’s domestic form.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: 13 and 15 Dundas Street, Bonnyrigg, LB44122 — Current designation status, official mapped location, date, fabric and significance.
- Midlothian Council: Bonnyrigg and District Local Place Plan 2024 — Current community-led planning context for Bonnyrigg’s centre, development and public realm.
- Trove search: 13 and 15 Dundas Street, Bonnyrigg — National collection search for site records, surveys, photographs and archive material.
Location
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