Description

T P Marwick 1885-1888. Baronial 3-storey and mansard attic tenements with ground floor shops, coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and moulded openings. Slated roofs. 3 blocks stepped in slope to Howden Street, centre one with gable; right hand one with rich Early Renaissance central corbelled chimney shaft; elaborate treatment to East Crosscauseway balanced asymmetrical treatment with near-central curvilinear gable; E corner is curved, corbelled diagonally to square, flanked by colonettes with sculptured capitals at 2nd, scrolled and segmentally pedimented attic gable; W corner at Howden Street treated as octagon, diagonally corbelled to square and gabled; rich swagged gable with couch top adjacent to E corner.

Good detail, some chimneyheads in need of restoration on Howden Street.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17809687

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair