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2, 6, 8 Reform Street, Dundee

A Category B Listed Building in Dundee, Dundee

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.4608 / 56°27'38"N

Longitude: -2.9706 / 2°58'14"W

OS Eastings: 340282

OS Northings: 730267

OS Grid: NO402302

Mapcode National: GBR Z9T.ZM

Mapcode Global: WH7RB.BVNZ

Plus Code: 9C8VF26H+8P

Entry Name: 2, 6, 8 Reform Street, Dundee

Listing Name: 2-14 (Even Nos) Reform Street, 49, 50, 51 High Street

Listing Date: 4 February 1965

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 361793

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB25525

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dundee, 2, 6, 8 Reform Street

ID on this website: 200361793

Location: Dundee

County: Dundee

Town: Dundee

Electoral Ward: Maryfield

Traditional County: Angus

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Description

George Angus, 1832, following the layout of William Burn, 1824; additions circa 1960 in similar but pared-down style to 5 left hand bays at High Street. 4-storey, classically-detailed corner block of shops, offices and flats, forming part of the (mostly) unified layout of Reform Street. Painted ashlar, concealed grey slate roof. Pilastered shopfronts, balustraded to Reform Street (shopfronts altered at Nos 10-14), cill band to 2nd and 3rd floor, principal dentilled cornice and corniced blocking course to 3rd floor; architraved windows to 1st floor, segmental and 2 triangular pediments to rounded angle bay with cornice to 2 flanking bays and corbelled architraves to 2nd floor,

originally 12-pane timber sash and case glazing, now mostly 2-pane.

REFORM STREET ELEVATION: 11 bays to right; fluted Ionic-columned distyle in antis doorpiece to centre bay, shopfronts to left and right, 11 windows to each upper floor. 2 bays to left; shopfront to ground floor, 2 windows to each upper floor. 3 bays to rounded angle at left: shopfront to ground floor, 3 windows to each upper floor.

HIGH STREET ELEVATION: shopfront with 2 windows to each upper floor of original 2 bays at right; 5 later bays to left with pilastered shopfronts and 5 windows to each upper floor.

INTERIOR: not seen.

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