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Old Bankhouse, 8 High Street, East Linton

A Category B Listed Building in East Linton, East Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9867 / 55°59'12"N

Longitude: -2.6556 / 2°39'20"W

OS Eastings: 359195

OS Northings: 677278

OS Grid: NT591772

Mapcode National: GBR 2X.VWWD

Mapcode Global: WH8VY.5SPC

Plus Code: 9C7VX8PV+MQ

Entry Name: Old Bankhouse, 8 High Street, East Linton

Listing Name: 8 High Street, Old Bankhouse

Listing Date: 28 March 1990

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 363341

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26674

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: East Linton, 8 High Street, Old Bankhouse

ID on this website: 200363341

Location: East Linton

County: East Lothian

Town: East Linton

Electoral Ward: Dunbar and East Linton

Traditional County: East Lothian

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Description

Early-mid 19th century possibly incorporating earlier
fabric 2-storey, 3-bay former bank, set back from High
Street, with mid-late 19th century additions at rear.
Squared and snecked stugged sandstone, whinstone rubble
sides and rear, droved sandstone dressings and eaves course.
W ELEVATION: to High Street. Doorway to centre,
ashlar margins and hook bracketted doorpiece; 8-pane strip
fanlight. Windows to flanking bays, 3 windows at 1st floor.
2-storey additions at rear. Iron bars to windows of side
elevations at ground floor. Elongated window to 1st floor
at outer right of S elevation partially glazed. Bipartites
at ground and 1st floor to rear.
N elevation blank.
Predominantly sash and case windows with 12-lying pane
glazing pattern.
Grey slates; piended roof to front, platform roof to rear
additions. Sandstone wallhead cornice stack.

Statement of Interest

Former branch of Dunbar Bank. Note iron panelled shutters

reinforced wall cupboard, and indications of counter

position on floor of former banking hall; ground floor left.

N elevation protected by iron sheeting until mid 20th

century.

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