Description

Circa 1870. 2 storey, 11-bay, symmetrical warehouse. Red brick with contrasting yellow brick dressings. Stone sills to windows; projecting brick eaves course.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central segmental-arched loading bay flanked by 5 bays; 2-leaf boarded timber door to 1st floor; replacement glazed door in glazed surround to ground floor; cast-iron hoist with lion?s head mask at apex. Alternating windows and doors to ground floor (doors to 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th bays); mainly 2-leaf panelled timber doors with rectangular fanlights.

S ELEVATION: largely blank; 2 windows (probably inserted) to centre of 1st floor; single and 2-storey lean-tos to right.

W ELEVATION: entrance to left of ground floor; window to right; projecting timber boxed structure above.

E ELEVATION: single window to right to each floor.

Grey slate piended roof. 3 tall wallhead stacks along S side; one each to E and W elevations; all of polychromatic brickwork with oversailing brick cornices; round cans.

INTERIOR: not inspected (1997).

Statement of Interest

Built for the Duke of Buccleuch as part of his harbour-associated developments. Of interest for townscape value and as part of 19th century harbour developments.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56632364

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)