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Abbey National, 62-64 High Street, Linlithgow

A Category C Listed Building in Linlithgow, West Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9769 / 55°58'36"N

Longitude: -3.5983 / 3°35'53"W

OS Eastings: 300358

OS Northings: 677145

OS Grid: NT003771

Mapcode National: GBR 1S.WFKW

Mapcode Global: WH5R8.P1QB

Plus Code: 9C7RXCG2+QM

Entry Name: Abbey National, 62-64 High Street, Linlithgow

Listing Name: 62, 64 High Street

Listing Date: 16 March 1992

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 382534

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37443

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200382534

Location: Linlithgow

County: West Lothian

Town: Linlithgow

Electoral Ward: Linlithgow

Traditional County: West Lothian

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Description

1881. 3-storey, asymmetrical Scottish Baronial tenement, crowstepped gable corbelled square turret with dovecot to right. Shop at ground, carriage pend. Snecked sandstone bull-faced rubble with ahslar dressings to S elevation. String course over ground floor, continuous cill course at 1st and 2nd floor, stops of both courses oeverlap downpipe.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central entrance flanked by carriage pend to left and large display window. Window to left bipartite window to right at 1st floor, segmental-headed with hollow chamfered surround, fluted mullion to bipartite. 2 windows with moulded archtiravesto 2nd floor. Ball finial to gable apex. Date stone '1881'. Corner tower with arrow-loop, piended slate roof divided by flight holes, and surmounted by weathervane. Tall stack at wallhead to left.

Plate glass lower, 2-pane upper, sash and case windows. Grey slate roof. Flanked by lower buildings, side walls built up to coped parapet. Original square rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

Abbey National savings bank occupies the ground floor.

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