A small Georgian cottage brings domestic scale and careful doorway detail to East Calder’s older village fabric.
Quick facts
- Date
- Earlier nineteenth century
- Architect / designer
- Designer not recorded
- Type
- Plain Georgian cottage with lower end additions
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB13647)
- OS grid reference
- NT 08366 67775
Architecture and continuing use
The one-and-a-half-storey cottage has a coursed-stone body, an ashlar front and a slated skew-gabled roof. A cornice and blocking course sharpen the wall head, while engaged columns and an architraved cornice make the entrance unusually formal for a modest house. Lower piended additions extend both ends.
Its story
The building belongs to East Calder’s earlier nineteenth-century domestic development. Its restrained Georgian proportions contrast with the later industrial structures and large housing areas that transformed the settlement.
Why it is included
It represents the ordinary but carefully designed domestic architecture of the pre-industrial village and broadens the cohort beyond monuments and infrastructure.
What to notice
- The ashlar-faced front against the coursed side walls.
- Engaged columns and a corniced surround at the doorway.
- Lower hipped additions attached to both gable ends.
Reading the surroundings
This is treated as a private home. View only from a lawful public route and avoid photographing occupants, windows or private garden areas.
Timeline
- Earlier 19th century The cottage was built in a restrained Georgian manner.
- 25 June 1980 Merivil Cottage was added to the statutory list at Category B.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
HES does not record an architect, exact building year or recent interior inspection; present residential occupancy is therefore stated cautiously.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Merivil Cottage, East Calder, LB13647 — Current designation status, official mapped location, date, fabric and significance.
- West Lothian Council: settlement profile for East Calder — Current local-authority settlement context, historic development and identification of listed heritage associated with East Calder.
- West Lothian Council: listed buildings register, February 2024 — Local-authority register confirming the designation reference, category, mapped point and East Calder or Raw identity.
Location
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