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Dhuhill, 127 Sinclair Street, Helensburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.0159 / 56°0'57"N

Longitude: -4.727 / 4°43'37"W

OS Eastings: 230110

OS Northings: 683684

OS Grid: NS301836

Mapcode National: GBR 0F.SS2H

Mapcode Global: WH2M4.C19Z

Plus Code: 9C8Q278F+96

Entry Name: Dhuhill, 127 Sinclair Street, Helensburgh

Listing Name: 127 Sinclair Street, Dhuhill and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 30 June 1993

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 379270

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB34863

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Helensburgh, 127 Sinclair Street, Dhuhill

ID on this website: 200379270

Location: Helensburgh

County: Argyll and Bute

Town: Helensburgh

Electoral Ward: Helensburgh Central

Traditional County: Dunbartonshire

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Description

Possibly James Smith, mid 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical villa with classical detail. Harled; rendered and lined as ashlar to entrance elevation. Base course, quoin strips, overhanging bracketted eaves, architraved windows. S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber pilastered doorpiece to cewntre, 2-leaf panelled doors, half-glazed vestibule door. Doorway flanked by advanced tripartite windows supporting and linked by decorative iron balcony creating porch at centre. 3 windows at 1st floor.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2 widely grouped windows at ground and 1st floor. 2-storey wing to outer left and galbed porch to right, 2 small windows to left, 2 windows at 1st floor. Gabled return to N, 2 windows at ground.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: stair window to centre at 1st floor, window to left. Single storey wing adjoining to NE angle, gabled to S, 3 windows to E elevation with gabled bay to centre.

Mostly 4-pane sash and case windows. Grey slate roof, corniced ashlar stacks.

INTERIOR: curved stair with iron balustrade.

GATEPIERS AND FLANKING WALLS: ashlar piers with stop-chamfered angles, pyramidal caps; lower rubble quadrant walls, ashlar coped.

Statement of Interest

Carbeth, Rhu a similar villa to Dhuhill was designed by Smith circa 1855.

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