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Commercial Bank And Manager's House, Main Street, Lybster

A Category B Listed Building in Latheron, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.3008 / 58°18'2"N

Longitude: -3.2851 / 3°17'6"W

OS Eastings: 324778

OS Northings: 935406

OS Grid: ND247354

Mapcode National: GBR L67S.KX6

Mapcode Global: WH6F4.HMXD

Plus Code: 9CCR8P27+8X

Entry Name: Commercial Bank And Manager's House, Main Street, Lybster

Listing Name: Lybster, Main Street, (West Side) Clydesdale Bank

Listing Date: 28 November 1984

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 339980

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7959

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200339980

Location: Latheron

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness

Parish: Latheron

Traditional County: Caithness

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Description

Probably J Russell Mackenzie.

Later 19th century, 2-storey bank and manager's house,

symmetrical east (Main Street) and south facing facades. All

coursed rubble with contrasting tooled sandstone dressings.

East elevation; wide 3-bay frontage with recessed centre bay

rising into central pyramidal tower rising 1 storey above

wallhead, with finialled and gabled dormer window and terminal decorative cast-iron cresting. Corniced centre door; flanking

bays have three close set round-headed, keystoned windows,

and paired flat-headed windows in 1st floor.

South facade; 3-bay frontage with centre round-headed,

keystoned door recessed in corniced slightly advanced porch

with small side lights. Paired round-headed, keystoned

windows in outer bays, with similar flat-headed windows in

outer bays of 1st floor; slightly set back 2-storey, single

bay wing to left (west). All ground floor windows linked at

impost by string course. 2-pane glazing; band course;

blocked eaves cornice; corniced stacks, piended slate

roof.

Interior; banking hall with ornate plaster ceiling cornice;

original panelled counter with panelled side screens and

sloping counter top. Low coped garden wall with pair square

ashlar gate piers with pyramidal caps; cast-iron spearhead

railing and matching pedestrian gate. Similar gate piers

flank north entrance to rear of bank.

Statement of Interest

Formerly Aberdeen Town and County Bank.

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