Description

Inscribed stone, "Hamilton central Co-operative/1898"
but unlikely to be all one build. Large, mainly 3-storey
gushet block. Renaissance. Red ashlar, with mainly
single or bipartite windows (sashes), modern shops at
ground. North-facing shaped-gabled narrow gushet bay
with pair turrets corbelled above ground, these carried
above eaves and with conical roofs. Long elevation to
Gateside Street arranged as several blocks with varied
roof-line and end stacks; 3-bay range nearest south
has outer 1st floor oriels, long range alongside has
continous series of panels between upper floors, its 3
southmost bays carried a storey higher with finialed
steep roof; remainder of block has either pediment or
cornice over most windows (mainly small-paned upper
sashes) some shaped wall-head gables; wall-head
balustrade nearest gushet. Slated roofs.

Statement of Interest

Building warrant approved 20 March 1897 (information

from Hamilton Advertiser provided by owner).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17850789

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide