Description

1820-30. 2-storey, 3-bay house with projecting 2-storey front porch of circa 1860 in style of J Duncan, Turriff. Squared rubble, ashlar margins and dressings. Substantial rectangular porch with canted angles and long front stair, doorways in N and S return gables and long front margined stairwindow. Entrance in S bay leads to staircase serving lst floor flat (27A), doorway in N face leads to no 27. Broad wallhead eaves-band to porch with moulded eaves cornice decorated in centre with raised and shaped foliated scrolled ornamentation.

Longer windows in lst floor; timber sash and case windows with 12-pane glazing front and also to most rear windows. 1970-80 rear doorway to lst floor flat served by cast-iron staircase. Coped end stacks; slate roof.

INTERIOR: Curved stair to lst floor; hall cupboard masks former centre door to original 2-storey house.

Statement of Interest

By 1870 the lst floor of the 1820-30 house had been gutted to serve as the Wesleyan Methodist church and front entrance/staircase added for access. The congregation, established in l777 in Banff, constructed a new church in Seafield Street (see listing description) in 1878. By circa l970 'Church of Christ' was inscribed in stained glass front window (pane now removed) when the upper premises were converted as a flat (No 27A) by father of present occupant.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56626522

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)