Description

Mid 19th century, converted 1993. 4-storey and basement, L-plan warehouse. Cream sandstone, coursed and squared rubble with droved dressings, coursed rubble to rear. Eaves band to front elevation. Small-pane casement windows above ground. Grey slates.

E (SHORE PLACE) ELEVATION: 5-bay; larger loading doors above ground floor to outer right, remains of former gable raised as gabled dormer 1993). Segmental-arched doorway to right of centre; single windows above. Single windows to centre bay. Doorway and single windows to left of centre. Segmental-arched former pend to outer left; single windows above.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Single windows to centre bays (larger at 1st floor). Outer bays with segmental-arched doorway/pend and single windows above. Gabled end elevation with apex stack and raggle of former extensions to rear block.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: 5-bay. 5-storey linking bay to outer right recessed in re-entrant angle with Shore Place block; 2 doorways (corniced to left) raised over cobbled slipway and steps; single windows above. Right bay of main elevation with larger hoist doors (except 1st floor); hoist gablet breaking eaves. Single windows to remaining bays.

Gabled end elevation to Shore block with 1993 thistle finial and datestone.

S (TOLBOOTH WYND) ELEVATION: gable of Shore Place block to left with apex stack; 5-storey linking bay; harled, post modern projection with cornice added 1993, stair tower(?); rear block to right with 2 windows to 2nd and 3rd floor.

INTERIOR: cast-iron columns and timber beam construction.

Statement of Interest

The warehouse originally stretched down to Water Street, but these blocks have been demolished (mid 20th century). It nevertheless is a good example of a warehouse of the period incorporating a number of different building phases.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17791219

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy