Description

Circa 1815. 2-storey attic and basement classical corner tenement. Cleaned cream droved ashlar sandstone with polished dressings; rusticated at ground with base course and band course above; cill course to 1st floor. Regular fenestration.

W (SOUTH FORT STREET) ELEVATION: 5-bay; steps to deep-set door at centre with diamond-pane fanlight oversailing basement recess. Fluted aprons to 1st floor windows; dentilled cornice and blocking course with blank central tablet. 5-bay basement with door to centre right. Velux skylights.

N (FERRY ROAD) ELEVATION: 3-bay gable; steps to door at centre in blind round-headed frame. Cill course to attic windows in gablehead. 3-bay basement.

Plate glass timber sash and case glazing; casements to gable. Grey slates; coped ashlar apex stacks; ashlar coped skews.

STEPS AND RAILINGS: ashlar steps and saddleback base for plain cast- iron railings (arrowhead to South Fort Street).

Statement of Interest

Fragments of scheme including 5-7 and 8-10 South Fort Street (see separate listing).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata IDs Q17810724 Q17810733

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014