Description

Mid 18th century. 3-storey, T-plan building with 3-storey, 3-bay frontage to Harbour Place and 2-storeys to Sheriffs Brae. Modern harl, painted tooled ashlar margins to Harbour Place, rendered and painted elsewhere.

HARBOUR PLACE FRONTAGE: circa 1970 keystoned, ashlar margined round-headed arch with blocked imposts in centre of ground floor with flanking windows with shutter hooks surviving in margins; regular fenestration elsewhere with modern plate glass glazing.

SHERIFFS BRAE FRONTAGE: doorway in re-entrant angle of 2-storey L-plan range with irregular fenestration. Coped end stacks; slate roof.

Statement of Interest

Customs House originally of 2-storey height, raised circa 1800. Tuskers in S return gable indicate former adjacent building, possibly the neighbouring ruinous 2-storey warehouse was originally a storey higher. Ground floor windows originally protected with shutters.

Centre archway in Harbour Place frontage designed in Banff traditional pend entrance style. Neighbouring Harbour House raised from former single storey warehouse and not included in listing.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56626598

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)