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Townhead Dining Centre, Academy Street, Dumfries

A Category B Listed Building in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.0724 / 55°4'20"N

Longitude: -3.6093 / 3°36'33"W

OS Eastings: 297342

OS Northings: 576507

OS Grid: NX973765

Mapcode National: GBR 397S.DH

Mapcode Global: WH5WJ.JRJT

Plus Code: 9C7R39CR+X7

Entry Name: Townhead Dining Centre, Academy Street, Dumfries

Listing Name: Academy Street, Townhead Dining Centre

Listing Date: 6 March 1981

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 362561

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26079

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dumfries, Academy Street, Townhead Dining Centre

ID on this website: 200362561

Location: Dumfries

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Town: Dumfries

Electoral Ward: Nith

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

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Description

James Barbour, 1867-8, as UP church; converted to academy
dining hall circa 1960. Early decorated. Built of
bull-faced red coursers with polished dressings,
contrasting grey banding. Cruciform-plan with twin-gabled
transepts, 2 stages of uncompleted square tower in NW
re-entrant angle, curved, conical-roofed stair turret
adjoins at N. Church hall transversely set at E gable.
Tall 3-light window in main W gable, entrances now in
modern low bull-faced ashlar additions clasping angles of
latter. Transepts have circular lights in gable-heads;
axial roof ventilator; roofed with graded slates.
Interior gutted. Enclosing wall much altered.

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