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114 High Street, Linlithgow

A Category C Listed Building in Linlithgow, West Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9772 / 55°58'37"N

Longitude: -3.6 / 3°36'0"W

OS Eastings: 300249

OS Northings: 677174

OS Grid: NT002771

Mapcode National: GBR 1S.WF5Q

Mapcode Global: WH5R8.N1W5

Plus Code: 9C7RX9GX+VX

Entry Name: 114 High Street, Linlithgow

Listing Name: 114 High Street

Listing Date: 16 March 1992

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 382545

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37452

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200382545

Location: Linlithgow

County: West Lothian

Town: Linlithgow

Electoral Ward: Linlithgow

Traditional County: West Lothian

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Description

Later 19th century. 2-storey, 4-bay offices with shaped gables and decorative rainwater goods. Stugged, squared and coursed sandstone rubble, painted at ground.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 5 bays to ground including splayed angle to left. Windows divided by pilasters to each bay with 2-leaf panelled doors with tripartite fanlight to outer right. Corniced fascia above.

2 bipartite windows to centre at 1st floor flanked by narrow windows to outer right and to splayed angle to outer left. Decorative roofline with 2 Dutch gables over bipartites and corniced and coped parapet with ball finials to outer bays.

Fixed glazing to windows at ground with plate glass below and 3-panes above; sash and case windows at 1st floor with 2-pane to lower sashes, 6-pane upper sashes. Grey slate roof, rooflight off-centre left. Original cast-iron rainwater goods, hopper heads with grotesque dragons.

Statement of Interest

Offices of the Linlithgowshire Journal and Gazette. In the 1840's these premises were used by George Dick Hay for publishing his monthly advertising paper. The building was badly damaged by fire in 1848. The building adjacent to the left (Nos 13-14 the Cross) has similarly detailed hopper heads.

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