Description

Dated 1881. Symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay hotel with French-pavilion roofed tower slightly advanced at centre; additions at rear. Coursed whitewashed sandstone; raised dressings. Raised base course; corniced windows at ground floor; architraved string course beneath 2nd floor; overhanging timber bracketed eaves. Prominent quoins; long and short surrounds to predominantly segmental-arched openings; bipartite windows at centre; tripartite windows to outer left and right; painted sandstone mullions; chamfered cills.

NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to replacement door centred at ground; advanced porch comprising flanking pilasters, square-plan columns to front, plain frieze, cornice. Shouldered-arched windows aligned at 1st floor; round-arched windows at 2nd floor; architraved surround to clock centred beneath swept bracketed eaves. 3-light canted window at ground in bay to outer left; tripartite window at ground in bay to outer right; tripartite windows at 1st and 2nd floors in remaining bays to outer left and right (shouldered-arched at 2nd floor).

2-pane timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof; fish-scale detailing to central French-pavilion roof (dated 1881); replacement rainwater goods. Corniced wallhead stacks to SE and NW; octagonal cans.

INTERIOR: few original fittings; decorative cornice and ceiling rose in front reception room.

BOUNDARY WALL: coped whitewashed rubble wall to street.

Statement of Interest

St Blane's remains a prominent sea-front structure with some unusual detailing - in particular, the dated French-pavilion roof, heavy quoins, combination of shouldered- and round-arched openings and timber bracketed eaves. A photograph in MacCallum shows the hotel prior to it being whitewashed.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77770612

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)