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293 High Street, Linlithgow

A Category B Listed Building in Linlithgow, West Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9758 / 55°58'32"N

Longitude: -3.6093 / 3°36'33"W

OS Eastings: 299671

OS Northings: 677036

OS Grid: NS996770

Mapcode National: GBR 1R.WK40

Mapcode Global: WH5R8.J2J6

Plus Code: 9C7RX9GR+87

Entry Name: 293 High Street, Linlithgow

Listing Name: 293 High Street

Listing Date: 22 February 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 382517

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37429

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200382517

Location: Linlithgow

County: West Lothian

Town: Linlithgow

Electoral Ward: Linlithgow

Traditional County: West Lothian

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Description

Earlier 18th century. Single-storey and attic asymmetrical house (composed of 2 properties combined) slightly taller block to left (E). Cream sandstone rubble.

N (ENTANTCE) ELEVATION): 6 asymmetrical bays; lower 4-bay block to right with deep-set door off-centre left, 2 windows to right with segmental-headed archway (now blocked as window with multi-pane fixed glazing) to outer right. 2 windows breaking eaves above in gabled dormer-heads. Taller block to left with 2 windows at ground.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: lop-sided gable with 1 window at 1st floor.

12-pane sash and case windows. Pantiled roof, principal skews crowstepped, beak skewputts, ashlar coped skews to dormerheaded windows, sandstone coped stacks to gables.

Statement of Interest

Illustrated in LINLITHGOW IN PICTURES with adjoining mid 17th century house with forestair, demolished by town council in 1930. No 293 was once the address of George Hay Dick, Printer, Bookseller and Stationer, who published Dick's Monthly Advertiser, a local newspaper that flourished for a few years in the mid 19th century.

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