Description

Circa 1880. Astylar terrace of 7, 2-bay houses; steps removed and doorpieces altered to tripartite windows at all but nos 1 and 7. Polished ashlar; 3 storeys, attics and basement.

Nos 1 and 7; steps oversailing basement to architraved tripartite consoled corniced doorpiece with double-leaf panelled storm doors and glazed sidelights. All windows in architraves, pedimented at 1st floor. Nos 2 and 6 have tripartite windows to ground 1st and 2nd floors. Full-height canted bay windows to left, corniced over each floor. Sash windows, plate glass glazing. Continuous cornice over ground; string course at 2nd floor cills. Plain eaves cornice, blocking course. Axial corniced stacks, slate roofs.

Flank to NE: stepped 3-bay elevation with separate mansard roofs; 3 storeys, similarly detailed. Rear elevation coursed stugged ashlar; modern roof lights.

At No 3 projecting square bay at 1st floor supported on ashlar piers rising from basement; platt at ground gives access to door. 1st floor window, round-arched tripartite.

Elegant cast-iron railings to steps and basement, some modern.

Statement of Interest

Part of Huntly Gardens B group. The postal address for the R.C. Training College is 74 Victoria Crescent Road.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17804277

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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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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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6