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72, 74 High Street, Markinch

A Category C Listed Building in Markinch, Fife

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.2036 / 56°12'12"N

Longitude: -3.1326 / 3°7'57"W

OS Eastings: 329830

OS Northings: 701795

OS Grid: NO298017

Mapcode National: GBR 2B.F468

Mapcode Global: WH6RG.VBGM

Plus Code: 9C8R6V38+CX

Entry Name: 72, 74 High Street, Markinch

Listing Name: 72, 74 and 74A, 76, 78 High Street

Listing Date: 1 March 1996

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389254

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB42947

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200389254

Location: Markinch

County: Fife

Town: Markinch

Electoral Ward: Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch

Traditional County: Fife

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Description

Later 19th century. 2-storey pair of 3-bay houses, Nos 74A, 76, 78 with shop at ground. Dressed ashlar at ground with squared and coursed rubble above, ashlar quoins. Base course, moulded band course and eaves course; basket-arched openings to Nos 74A, 76, 78 at ground; chamfered arrises to Nos 72 and 74 at ground, and to both with hoodmoulds at 1st floor.

W (High Street) elevation: Nos 72 and 74: symmetrical. Deep-set panelled timber door with 2-pane fanlight at centre, windows in flanking bays and regular windows at 1st floor. Nos 74A, 76, 78: deep-set tenement door with fanlight to outer right, wide opening at centre with door to right and display window to left, further wide opening beyond with later infill. Regular windows at 1st floor.

4- and 8-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows, shop windows blocked. Grey slates. Cavetto coped ashlar stacks with moulded cans and ashlar coped skews with gablet skewputt to N.

Statement of Interest

Listed as example of good terraced burgh architecture in prominent High Street location.

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