Description

Thomas P Marwick, 1881. 4-storey, 4-bay Scottish 17th century style tenement, forming part of curving terrace. Squared and snecked sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Base course; dividing band course above ground floor; corbel table and string course above 2nd floor; chamfered reveals.

E ENTRANCE elevation: central doorway; panelled door; plate glass fanlight. Corbelled chimney breast with shell detail at 2nd floor above. Single windows in gabled flanking bays; panelled heraldic datestone "1882" set in gablehead. Full-height canted windows in bays to outer left and right, corbelled to square at crowstepped gableheads; stone finials (star and thistle); hoodmoulded blank tablet set in gableheads. Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; corniced T-section gablehead stack; coped mutual stacks; moulded cans; scroll skewputts to outer bays; gabletted skewputts to central gable; original rainwater hoppers. INTERIORS: not seen 1991.

Low saddleback wall to street.

Statement of Interest

Designed for the Union Building Company.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17804616

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