A carefully composed cottage brings pinnacled porch piers, hood-moulded windows and steep dormers to an otherwise modest domestic scale.
Quick facts
- Date
- Mid-nineteenth century
- Architect / designer
- Designer not recorded
- Type
- Single-storey and attic symmetrical cottage
- Designation
- Listed building, Category C (LB1966)
- OS grid reference
- NS 81487 82661
Architecture and continuing use
The three-bay ashlar cottage has a central advanced gable and projecting porch. Octagonal piers, pinnacles, a bracketed cornice and hood moulds enrich the entrance, while steep dormers rise from the slate roof and a lower wing steps away to one side.
Its story
Built during Denny’s nineteenth-century expansion, the house was formerly known as Duncarron Cottage. Its formal symmetry and Gothic details show how villa-like architectural ambition could be compressed into a small roadside residence.
Why it is included
Category C listing protects an unusually decorative example of Denny’s smaller domestic architecture and a useful counterpoint to its church, civic and industrial monuments.
What to notice
- Octagonal porch piers ending in pinnacles.
- Steep gabled dormers with hood-moulded openings.
- Low side wing stepping down from the main cottage.
Reading the surroundings
Remain on public pavement, avoid photographing residents at close range and do not enter the garden, drive or building. The designation is an architectural record, not an invitation to visit.
Timeline
- Mid-nineteenth century The cottage was built during a period of rapid local growth.
- 1979 Its architectural interest received statutory recognition.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The designation records historic form and the former name Duncarron Cottage, but it does not establish present occupancy or interior survival.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: 76 Broad Street, LB1966 — Current designation status, mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Trove designation: LB1966 — Parallel national record identity and archival context.
Location
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