Description

Circa 1905 with later addition. Near-symmetrical, 2-storey, 3-bay Edwardian baroque shops and tenements, with Art Nouveau details; large brick addition at rear. Coursed red sandstone ashlar; polished ashlar dressings; squared and snecked tooled red sandstone elevation to SW; brick elevation to NE; brick addition at rear. Raised base course; corniced ground floor shopfronts; corbelled cornice beneath balustraded parapet centred at 1st floor; coped wallhead. Slender cast-iron columns framing glazed shopfronts; cast foliate detailing to brackets. Pilastered entrance to upper floor; prominent corniced caps to giant order pilasters dividing 1st floor bays (gabled to outer left and right).

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: ground floor: 2-leaf timber panelled door off-set to left of centre (entrance upper floor); tripartite fanlight; flanking stylised pilasters forming door-surround. Shopfront to left comprising recessed, part-glazed timber panelled door; cast iron columns framing glazed front to outer left. Shopfront to right comprising recessed, part-glazed timber panelled door in penultimate bay to outer right; cast-iron columns framing flanking fronts. 1st floor: foliate swags framing central oval window; raised keystone; carved handshake motif centred in balustraded parapet above. 3-light canted windows in bays to outer left and right; segmental-arched pediments to central lights; oculi centred in gables above.

Plate glass shopfronts at ground; predominantly replacement glazing at 1st floor; small-pane casements to central oval and upper oculi openings. Grey slate roof; raised skews; corniced red brick apex stacks; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

Statement of Interest

Of particular note are the cast-iron shopfronts, segmental arched pediments, carved swags and giant order pilasters breaking eaves with oversized corniced caps, in Art Nouveau manner. Note the similarity with Nos 93 and 95 Templehill (see separate list entry).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56647526

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)