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Royal Hotel, 53 Allan Street, Blairgowrie

A Category B Listed Building in Blairgowrie And Rattray, Perth and Kinross

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.5932 / 56°35'35"N

Longitude: -3.3388 / 3°20'19"W

OS Eastings: 317883

OS Northings: 745389

OS Grid: NO178453

Mapcode National: GBR V8.TN92

Mapcode Global: WH6PF.PJ9Y

Plus Code: 9C8RHMV6+7F

Entry Name: Royal Hotel, 53 Allan Street, Blairgowrie

Listing Name: 53 Allan Street, Royal Hotel

Listing Date: 5 October 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 357844

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB22293

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Blairgowrie, 53 Allan Street, Royal Hotel

ID on this website: 200357844

Location: Blairgowrie and Rattray

County: Perth and Kinross

Town: Blairgowrie And Rattray

Electoral Ward: Blairgowrie and Glens

Traditional County: Perthshire

Tagged with: Hotel

Description

Dated 1852. Three-storey, five-bay astylar classical hotel in irregular terrace on ground falling to southeast. Ashlar, painted to southwest, with ashlar dressings. Base and second floor cill courses, ground floor cornice as first floor cill course, and eaves cornice with deep scrolled blocking course.

SOUTHWEST (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: centre bay at ground with stop-chamfered doorpiece with crested square pediment incorporated into full-width cornice giving way to margined and corniced first floor window with flanking carved roundels at base; windows in flanking bays to ground and first floors and smaller windows to each bay at second floor.

NORTHWEST ELEVATION: regular fenestration to each floor of three widely-spaced bays, later out-of-character projection between centre and right bays, and dominant shouldered ashlar stack to right.

NORTHEAST ELEVATION: projecting gabled bay to left and first floor lean-to, vertically-astragalled conservatory on return to right.

12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Shouldered and coped ashlar stacks with polygonal cans.

Statement of Interest

Inscription over door records erection in 1852 on site of house where John Brown of Marlee was born.

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