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Old Coastgaurd's House, 2 Lodging Brae, Portsoy

A Category C Listed Building in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6844 / 57°41'3"N

Longitude: -2.6891 / 2°41'20"W

OS Eastings: 359009

OS Northings: 866271

OS Grid: NJ590662

Mapcode National: GBR M8QD.W9V

Mapcode Global: WH7KN.N3PW

Plus Code: 9C9VM8M6+Q9

Entry Name: Old Coastgaurd's House, 2 Lodging Brae, Portsoy

Listing Name: Lodging Brae, 1, 2, 3, 4 Old Coastguards Houses

Listing Date: 15 March 1995

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 386149

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB40246

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200386149

Location: Portsoy

County: Aberdeenshire

Town: Portsoy

Electoral Ward: Banff and District

Traditional County: Banffshire

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Description

Late 19th century. 2-storey N facing range overlooking sea. Tooled rubble, tooled and polished ashlar dressings. Irregular 7-bay frontage incorporates nos 1, 2, 3, with advanced gable to no 4 at W. Entries to nos 1 and 2 in rear, to no 3 in front re-entrant angle with gable of

no 4; entry to no 4 in projecting, corniced single storey porch with blocking course against W return gable.

Modern enlarged window in ground floor of no 2 with plate glass glazing. Elsewhere original multi-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Porthole window in gablehead. Corniced end and ridge stacks; plain apex finials; slate roof; dark pottery ridge.

Statement of Interest

The Coastguard houses were constructed after 1870, for they are not revealed on the 1st edition of Ordnance Survey. However, there was a look-out station before that date. Some non-traditional alterations to windows.

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