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Market Office, 48-50 Whitesands, Dumfries

A Category B Listed Building in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.0681 / 55°4'5"N

Longitude: -3.6136 / 3°36'48"W

OS Eastings: 297056

OS Northings: 576034

OS Grid: NX970760

Mapcode National: GBR 396V.G1

Mapcode Global: WH5WJ.GWH3

Plus Code: 9C7R399P+6H

Entry Name: Market Office, 48-50 Whitesands, Dumfries

Listing Name: 48, 49, 50 Whitesands, Market Office and Warehouse to North East

Listing Date: 21 August 1987

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 362987

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26360

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200362987

Location: Dumfries

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Town: Dumfries

Electoral Ward: Nith

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

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Description

Circa 1900. 2-storey market office with symmetrical 5-bay

elevation to Whitesands; detached large, rectangular-plan

3-storey 7-bay warehouse block to NE. All built of stugged

red ashlar with polished dressings; piended roofs covered with

graded slates.

Office: ground floor openings round-headed, 1st floor windows square-headed. Doorway with consoled cornice in central and in

outer bays, latter now blocked, former with pediment also;

paired ground floor and bipartite 1st floor windows in

intermediate bays. Windows all plate glass sashes. Blocked

eaves; corniced end stack; ornamental ridging tiles.

Warehouse: wide entrance in 2-bay SW end wall; all windows

small-paned with projecting cills, and with louvred upper

lights.

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