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Latitude: 57.5041 / 57°30'14"N
Longitude: -1.7754 / 1°46'31"W
OS Eastings: 413560
OS Northings: 846014
OS Grid: NK135460
Mapcode National: GBR P8ZW.M97
Mapcode Global: WHBQ8.PNS3
Plus Code: 9C9WG63F+MV
Entry Name: 23 James Street, Peterhead
Listing Name: 23, 25 James Street
Listing Date: 16 April 1971
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 385474
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB39699
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200385474
Location: Peterhead
County: Aberdeenshire
Town: Peterhead
Electoral Ward: Peterhead North and Rattray
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
Tagged with: House
Late 18th century. 2-storey and attic 3-window squared
granite with coped chimneys, harled back wing (ball-topped
gate piers in court.) removed
James Street was largely built up in Ainslie's map of C. 1800. The area South of Broad Street was laid out but
unbuilt in 1771 except for a few modern sized detached houses and a row of artisan cottages on the east side
of Jamaica Street, replaced c. 1790. The rise in thread and textile manufacture and the popularity of Peterhead
as a spa resulted in the rapid development of this area in the 1790s when land here was worth £1150 an acre. In 1795 it was noted 'a great number of houses, where elegant lodgings may be found, have been erected by the inhabitants merely with a view to accomodate strangers'. By 1836 the thread and textile industry had collapsed; the Wine Well and Baths were demolished 1931. Except for no. 7 and nos. 18 & 20 St. Andrew Street was completely built up in Ainslie's maps of 1800/05.
Re-categorised as C(S) from B for Group (2006). The listing relates specifically to the group interest of the subject. It applies, as always, to interior as well as exterior, as appropriate to building type.
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