Description

John Baird II, 1883. 4-storey, 2-bay, twin crowstep-gabled baronial tenement with shop at ground. Coursed and squared grey sandstone. Cornice to shop front at ground; cill course to 2nd floor. Moulded openings to windows. Square panels to gables; pierced circular pinnacle to right gable only.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber door with large square fanlight to centre at ground; recessed 2-leaf doors to outer left; modern shopfront to right; glazed entrance door to left, shop window to right. Regular fenestration to upper floors; 1st and 2nd floor windows set in slightly advanced bays; 2 small slit windows to centre of each floor; corbel table between 2nd and 3rd floor.

12-pane timber sash and case glazing to upper floors. Grey slate roof.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

Statement of Interest

Distinctive 4-storey, twin-gabled baronial building in the predominantly 2- and 3-storey classical section in the N of the High Street.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56626208

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)