Description

David Barclay of H & D Barclay, architects; circa 1900.

Terrace of 4 2-bay houses, 2 storeys and basement, adjoining

Kensington Gate at S. Polished red ashlar with bull-faced

basement.

To right, steps oversailing basement to pedimented doorpiece

with square art nouveau leaded glass fanlight. Flanking

double-leaf panelled doors small pedimented sidelights, also

with leaded glass. Above door, bipartite window. To left,

2-storey 5-light bow window rises from basement to conical

roof; moulded band-course over ground. Nos 7 and 9 with

oculus window at ground floor. Sash windows, plate glass

glazing. Wooden modillion eaves; slate roofs with tiled

ridge; corniced axial stacks with ocatagonal cans, tiled

skews with skew-putt.

Stugged ashlar N flank. Central full-height square oriel

window; 2-light at ground; 5-light at 1st and 2nd floor.

Stugged ashlar rear elevation with alternately advanced bays.

All windows tripartite to rear.

Solid polished red ashlar wall to parapet of steps and to basement/boundary walls.

Statement of Interest

Part of Kensington Gate B group. Adjoins Kensington Gate and

similar in detail, also a David Barclay design.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808924

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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