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Police Station, Newton Street, Duns

A Category C Listed Building in Duns, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.7787 / 55°46'43"N

Longitude: -2.3457 / 2°20'44"W

OS Eastings: 378412

OS Northings: 653980

OS Grid: NT784539

Mapcode National: GBR D11M.YB

Mapcode Global: WH8X7.Y05T

Plus Code: 9C7VQMH3+FP

Entry Name: Police Station, Newton Street, Duns

Listing Name: Newtown Street, Police Station

Listing Date: 22 December 1994

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 363194

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26555

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200363194

Location: Duns

County: Scottish Borders

Town: Duns

Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire

Traditional County: Berwickshire

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Description

1895. Symmetrical, 2-storey 3-bay police station. Coursed stugged cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings; raised margins, rolled arrises. Base course. Panelled door at centre with 3-pane rectangular fanlight, roll-moulded architrave and cornice; panel above inscribed COUNTY POLICE OFFICE 1895. Flanking bays with pairs of windows. 1st floor windows breaking eaves with pedimented dormerheads; moulded cill

course; window at centre with flanking pilasters and segmental pediment; flanking windows bipartite. Irregular rear elevation projecting at ground floor.

Timber sash and case windows; 12-pane single windows, 8-pane bipartites. Ashlar coped skew and corniced stack; terracotta ridge tiles; grey slates.

Statement of Interest

Modern extension to left.

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