Description

McKissack & Rowan, 1881-82. 4-storey 4-by 3-bay corner
tenement with canted angle, pub and shop at ground. Ashlar.
Ground floor altered except original pedimented stair
entrance at Harvie Street. Upper floors have 3 windows in
canted bay, 2 recessed bay windows. All 1st floor windows
corniced. Cill string course and continuous cornice on 2nd
floor. Plaque initialled J S dated 1882 on 3rd floor.
Steep slate facetted roof at angle with ogee lantern and
finial. 3 pedimented panels and 2 wallhead stacks with
pilaster strips. Similar stacks flank scroll pedimented
parapet on E bay with steep slate roof behind.
Some windows retain small-paned upper sashes.
Interior ground floor: pub altered. Shop has corbelled
plaster cornices and ornate cast-iron columns.

Statement of Interest

Built for James Sinclair. Known as Avondale Place. McConnel's patent girders specified in the construction.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17814436

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)