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Duthac House Care Home, Academy Street, Tain

A Category B Listed Building in Tain, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.8139 / 57°48'50"N

Longitude: -4.0574 / 4°3'26"W

OS Eastings: 277864

OS Northings: 882341

OS Grid: NH778823

Mapcode National: GBR J8C2.655

Mapcode Global: WH4DT.NV3M

Plus Code: 9C9QRW7V+H2

Entry Name: Duthac House Care Home, Academy Street, Tain

Listing Name: Academy Street, Former Tain Academy

Listing Date: 25 October 1972

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 388206

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB41836

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200388206

Location: Tain

County: Highland

Town: Tain

Electoral Ward: Tain and Easter Ross

Traditional County: Ross-shire

Tagged with: School building

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Description

James Smith, 1808/13. Additions; A Maitland and Sons, 1896;
also D MacPherson and Sons, Dingwall, 1935. Simple late
Georgian classical facade. 2 storeys, 7 bays. Ashlar frontage,
rubble flanks with Ashlar dressings,
Centre Doric Pilastered doorpiece with decorative fanlight and
paired panelled doors with reeded detailing. Wide outer bays
advanced with triparties in ground and 1st floors; 1st floor
windows linked by moulded cill course 12-pane glazing.
Mutule cornice; paired cornice stacks; piended slate roof.
Later wing to rear. Later 19th century Hall to rear, rubble;
Diocletian window in each pedimented gable end; slate roof.
Interior: much altered; 1 Corinthian column and 2 pilasters
remain at head of stairs; oval room at 1st floor with original
moulded frieze to ceiling.

Statement of Interest

1980; conversion to senior citizens residential home.

Unfortunate heavy Portland cement pointing to ashlar.

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