Description

Ian Lindsay & Partners, circa 1970. 3-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan tenement forming end of terrace. Harled and limewashed; raised and painted concrete surrounds to openings; exterior stairs with timber railings to 1st floor.

W (FISHMARKET SQUARE) ELEVATION: timber door to ground in central bay beneath stair (No 8); timber door to storage area to right. Single window to ground in bay to outer left. Stairs to 1st floor entrance in central bay (No 7); single window aligned above. Single windows to 1st and 2nd floors in bay to outer left. Blank bay to outer right.

S (MAIN STREET) ELEVATION: single window to ground in bay to outer left; remaining wall blank.

2-pane metal sash and case windows to all openings. Machine-made red pantiled roof; precast concrete skews. Harled and limewashed apex stacks to N and S with precast concrete copes and circular cans.

Statement of Interest

B Group with Nos 1-6 Fishmarket Square and 40-42 Main Street (see separate list entries). Maps dated to 1946 show the original building on this site (No 26 & 27) to have had a curvilinear facade fronting Main Street and Fishmarket Square. Lindsay?s Newhaven plan, dated 1971, marks this site as being one for a replacement building. Like Nos 24-38 Main Street, Nos 7 & 8 Fishmarket Square display characteristics common to both Lindsay?s new building and restoration work in Newhaven - note the standard detailing to the stair railing, harled and limewashed walls, red pantiled roof and precast concrete copes and skews. Despite the metal windows, harsh detailing and element of standardisation, work at here should be acknowledged as a pioneering attempt to conserve and improve an entire fishing village. A substantial project with a clear philosophy, it contrasts with more recent restoration and thus, illustrates the developing and differing attitudes towards conservation.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77770859

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)