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Main Block, Eskdalemuir Observatory

A Category B Listed Building in Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.3119 / 55°18'42"N

Longitude: -3.2066 / 3°12'23"W

OS Eastings: 323510

OS Northings: 602638

OS Grid: NT235026

Mapcode National: GBR 6710.KN

Mapcode Global: WH6WP.QR77

Plus Code: 9C7R8Q6V+P8

Entry Name: Main Block, Eskdalemuir Observatory

Listing Name: Eskdalemuir Observatory Main Block (Office)

Listing Date: 12 July 1988

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 342090

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB9775

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200342090

Location: Eskdalemuir

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale

Parish: Eskdalemuir

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

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Description

W T Oldrieve. Built 1904-8. Observatory office and

laboratory. 2-storeys, basement to E above slope. Arts and Crafts movement, gables with skews run horizontally over eaves. Roughly Roughly-coursed and squared whinstone with long and short worked dressings and quoins, most windows segmentally-arched with

contrasting voussoirs. Basically H-plan; long 5-bay inner range

has Westmost bay carried upwards above main roof level and has full-depth viewing platform, lean-to porch at foot to both

elevations. Shaped gutter brackets; slate roofs.

INTERIOR: many important and early scientific instruments,

several still in use; timber stairs have battered newels with

projecting caps; upper hall in inner range with exposed

plain timber roof.

Statement of Interest

Instruments include a fortin barometer, a float barograph

and a synchronome.

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