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Latitude: 56.2035 / 56°12'12"N
Longitude: -3.1356 / 3°8'8"W
OS Eastings: 329647
OS Northings: 701789
OS Grid: NO296017
Mapcode National: GBR 2B.F3J5
Mapcode Global: WH6RG.TB1P
Plus Code: 9C8R6V37+9Q
Entry Name: 27 Balbirnie Street And 2 Betson Street, Markinch
Listing Name: 2 Betson Street and 29 Balbirnie Street
Listing Date: 1 March 1996
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 389242
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB42937
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200389242
Location: Markinch
County: Fife
Town: Markinch
Electoral Ward: Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
Traditional County: Fife
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Early 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay house on corner site, in irregular terrace to S and W, converted to shop at ground. Squared, coursed sandstone to front, coursed rubble to gable end, with stone cills, part base course and eaves course
E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: shop across centre and bay to right with recessed part-glazed, 2-leaf timber door, plate glass fanlight and flanking display windows, window in bay to left; 3 regular windows close to eaves at 1st floor.
N ELEVATION: gable to road with 2 display windows at ground across full width and window in bay to left at 1st floor.
4-pane glazing pattern and plate glass glazing in timber sash and case windows, fixed plate glass in display windows. Graded grey slates. Cavetto coped ashlar stacks with some cans, ashlar coped skews, ropework scrolled skewputts and thackstanes.
Good example of vernacular tradition on prominent site at town centre crossroads. Title Deeds in possession of the owner date from 1799.
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