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Latitude: 56.4151 / 56°24'54"N
Longitude: -5.4726 / 5°28'21"W
OS Eastings: 185893
OS Northings: 730175
OS Grid: NM858301
Mapcode National: GBR DCWR.L1T
Mapcode Global: WH0GK.X06X
Plus Code: 9C8PCG8G+2X
Entry Name: 70 George Street, Oban
Listing Name: 70 George Street, and Stafford Street
Listing Date: 16 May 1995
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 384322
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB38844
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Oban, 70 George Street
ID on this website: 200384322
Location: Oban
County: Argyll and Bute
Town: Oban
Electoral Ward: Oban North and Lorn
Traditional County: Argyllshire
Tagged with: Bank building
Circa 1840. 3-Storey, L-Plan tenement with shop at ground, on corner site with Stafford Street and George Street. Plain classical style, with curved entrance bay at corner. Ground floor originally channelled ashlar from cill level upwards, mostly replaced by plate glass windows or rendered over. Smooth render with ashlar details, all painted. Base course. Cornice at original ground floor window cill level now mostly removed. Cornice above ground floor and 1st floor cill course. Cornice with blocking course. 1st floor windows architraved and corniced, 2nd floor windows architraved, lugged at cill. Pilasters extend full height of building, channelled at ground floor.
W (GEORGE STREET) ELEVATION: 2 bays, regular fenestration with curved corner (entrance) bay to right. Modern plate glass windows and smooth render replace channelling and voussoirs of earlier windows at ground floor level.
S (STAFFORD STREET) ELEVATION: 3 bays, and curved corner (entrance) bay to left. 2 plate glass windows and smooth render replace earlier fenestration at ground floor level. Regular fenestration above, with windows in bay to left, chimney above removed.
Timber plate glass windows at 1st and 2nd floor levels. Grey slate roof, hipped at corner. 12-flue, corniced stack on north gable, smooth rendered and painted. Single flue stack on E gable.
A survivor of the early 19th century planned town in a prominent position. 19th century views shows it with chimneys intact and original fenestration pattern. Photograph of 1980 shows surviving voussoirs and channelling at ground floor level. Ground floor originally all channelling at ground floor level. Ground floor originally all channelled with windows spaced as the upper floors.
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