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27-29 Argyll Street, Campbeltown

A Category B Listed Building in Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.4226 / 55°25'21"N

Longitude: -5.6042 / 5°36'15"W

OS Eastings: 172020

OS Northings: 620204

OS Grid: NR720202

Mapcode National: IRL Y3.7DC7

Mapcode Global: GBR DGJC.ZRQ

Plus Code: 9C7PC9FW+28

Entry Name: 27-29 Argyll Street, Campbeltown

Listing Name: 27-29 (Odd Nos) Argyll Street, with Gate and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 28 March 1996

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389384

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43049

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200389384

Location: Campbeltown

County: Argyll and Bute

Town: Campbeltown

Electoral Ward: South Kintyre

Traditional County: Argyllshire

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Description

Earlier 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay house with classical details, and lower single bay entrance stair addition recessed at right. Stugged ashlar at ground floor, polished ashlar above and polished ashlar dressings. Roughcast side and rear elevations. Base course, dentilled string course at 1st floor, band course, and cornice at eaves.

S ELEVATION: pilastered entrance door with cornice and block pediment above; 4-pane grained entrance door with 15-pane fanlight over, matching that over inner vestibule door. Panelled aprons to corniced ground floor windows, battered margins with projecting cills at ground and 1st floor. Rendered and lined recessed lower bay with polished ashlar detailing, corniced door (No 29 modern) with block pediment at ground and window with panelled apron above. Base course and cornice and blocking course at eaves. Margined and corniced entrance door, margined window with apron at 1st floor.

Modern glazing at ground floor, 12-pane timber sash and case windows

at 1st floor. Grey slate roof with cast-iron gutter and downpipe. Piend-roofed, slate-hung timber dormers with plate glass timber sash and case windows. Multi-flue, coped apex stacks with variety of cans at gables, ashlar skews with block skewputts.

GATE: gateway to No 29 comprising capped ashlar piers with coped ashlar wall to left and cast-iron gate and adjoining railing.

Statement of Interest

A house of good quality construction with many traditional external details and finishes surviving.

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