Description

John Murray Robertson, dated 1890. 4-storey and attic, 4-bay,

Jacobean-detailed tenemental building with shops to ground floor. Red sandstone coursers, ashlar dressings, brick to rear, slate roof. Sash and case windows, single pane to bottom, 4-pane to top. Corniced ridge and gable stacks. Ornate wrought-iron shop sign bracket to right of 1st floor.

S ELEVATION: ground floor shopfronts altered, with deep cornice and projecting lean-to slate roof. Centre stair door. Upper floors mullioned and transomed windows, outer bays triple-light, inner bays canted with curved sides and linked aprons with strapwork centre panels. Strapwork balcony at attic level. Main cornice with mask rainwater heads. Curvilinear gables with scrolled details, oculi at outer bays. Blind oculi at centre over 2 attic cross windows. Flat-topped finials, perhaps to carry missing obelisks or urns.

INTERIOR: not seen.

Statement of Interest

Built for James Fyffe.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808420

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings