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6, 8 High Street, Selkirk

A Category C Listed Building in Selkirk, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.5475 / 55°32'50"N

Longitude: -2.8409 / 2°50'27"W

OS Eastings: 347043

OS Northings: 628515

OS Grid: NT470285

Mapcode National: GBR 84L9.R6

Mapcode Global: WH7WV.BTGM

Plus Code: 9C7VG5W5+XM

Entry Name: 6, 8 High Street, Selkirk

Listing Name: 6 High Street

Listing Date: 11 December 1996

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 390391

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43778

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200390391

Location: Selkirk

County: Scottish Borders

Town: Selkirk

Electoral Ward: Selkirkshire

Traditional County: Selkirkshire

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Description

Mid 19th century with later additions and alterations. 2-storey, 3-bay terraced (to SW) tenement with shop at ground. Squared and coursed whinstone with painted polished ashlar dressings and droved ashlar tails; whinstone rubble to NE. Base course, eaves course, long and short quoins, slightly raised margins to openings.

NW (HIGH STREET) ELEVATION: modern glazed door with letterbox plate glass fanlight; window at 1st floor above. Enlarged shop window at ground of bay to right, window at 1st floor above. Window at ground and at 1st floor of bay to left.

Modern glazing at 1st floor; plate glass fixed-pane windows at ground. Slate roof with modern skylight to outer right and vents. Modern brick coped stack to NE; mutual ashlar coped stack to SW.

INTERIOR: not seen fully, 1996. Shop interior much altered.

Statement of Interest

There was a building on this site in 1823.

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