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8 Dempster Street, Wick

A Category C Listed Building in Wick, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.4386 / 58°26'18"N

Longitude: -3.0907 / 3°5'26"W

OS Eastings: 336421

OS Northings: 950548

OS Grid: ND364505

Mapcode National: GBR L6QF.BXW

Mapcode Global: WH6DN.H5H7

Plus Code: 9CCRCWQ5+CP

Entry Name: 8 Dempster Street, Wick

Listing Name: 8 and 10 Dempster Street

Listing Date: 14 September 1983

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 388835

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB42319

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200388835

Location: Wick

County: Highland

Town: Wick

Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness

Traditional County: Caithness

Tagged with: Terrace house

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Description

Circa 1840. 2-storey, 2-bay, square-plan, corner-terrace house. Piended roof. Coursed Caithness stone slabs. Regular fenestration.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: door to right, letterbox fanlight.

NW (MALCOLM STREET) ELEVATION: 2-bay; blocked door to right.

Double-glazed windows. Grey slates, lead flashing. Coped gable stacks, cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIORS: not seen 2001.

Statement of Interest

The A-Group for Upper Pulteneytown comprises: 1,2; 4,5,6; 11,12,13,14,15,17,18; 20,22; 30,31,33; 35-41,43,44,45,46,48,49; 51-55,57-59; 62,63 Argyle Square; 65 Argyle Square and 1 Grant Street; Pulteneytown Parish Church, Argyle Square; 1; 4,6; 8,9; 10,11,12,13; 14,15,16,17,18 Breadalbane Crescent; 1,2,3; 5,6; 12,13; 15; 17,18,19; 22,23,24,25; 26,27; 28,29; 31; 32; 37,38; 41; 42; 46; 47; 48,49 Breadalbane Terrace; 3,5; 8,10 Dempster Street; Wick Central Church of Scotland, Dempster Street; 7,9; 11 Malcolm Street; 1,2; 3,4,5,6; 7,8,9,10; 13; 15,16; 17; 18; 20 Sinclair Terrace. The Group listing is in recognition of the exceptional group value of these buildings as the core of Thomas Telford's 1809 scheme for the new town plan of Pulteneytown for the British Fisheries Society. For further information see separate listing for 1,2 Argyle Square.

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