Kipp House balances a compact two-storey centre with long recessed wings and a delicate cast-iron veranda, creating a formal yet low-spreading garden front.
Quick facts
- Date
- Mid nineteenth century
- Architect / designer
- Architect not recorded in the designation
- Type
- Two-storey country house with recessed wings and cast-iron veranda
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB3702)
- OS grid reference
- NX 84293 55777
Architecture and continuing use
The painted-rubble centre is three bays wide with smooth rusticated quoins, raised margins and a hipped slate roof. Single-storey wings recede to either side behind tall windows and a French door. Across the central block, a lean-to veranda rests on filigree cast-iron uprights under partly glazed roofing.
Its story
The house was built in the mid nineteenth century in a close rural setting above the Urr estuary. Later changes moved the principal doorway from the centre and lowered ground-floor window cills; a rear addition further enlarged the house. It was listed in 1971 for its composed form and surviving veranda detail.
Why it is included
It provides a formal domestic counterpoint to Kippford’s compact shore buildings and shows how picturesque views, garden access and ironwork shaped a modest nineteenth-century country house.
What to notice
- The long single-storey wings flanking the central block.
- Fine cast-iron uprights supporting the veranda.
- Tall ground-floor windows beneath smaller first-floor sashes.
Reading the surroundings
The house and grounds are private. Do not enter the drive or garden; view only where lawful public routes allow and avoid intrusive photography of residents or interiors.
Timeline
- Mid nineteenth century Kipp House was composed with a central block and spreading wings.
- Later nineteenth or twentieth century The entrance, ground-floor windows and rear accommodation were altered.
- 4 November 1971 The house entered the statutory list at Category B.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
No architect or exact construction date is recorded. The present private use is described without naming occupants, and no visitor access is assumed.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Kipp House, LB3702 — Current designation status, official mapped location, date, fabric and significance.
- Colvend and Southwick Local Place Plan — Recent community and local-authority context for Kippford, tourism, sailing, housing, facilities and coastal pressures.
- Trove search: Kipp House — National collection search for site records, surveys, photographs and archive material.
Location
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