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38-40 Main Street, Gorebridge

A Category C Listed Building in Borthwick, Midlothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8414 / 55°50'29"N

Longitude: -3.048 / 3°2'52"W

OS Eastings: 334465

OS Northings: 661406

OS Grid: NT344614

Mapcode National: GBR 704W.XV

Mapcode Global: WH7VD.4FTR

Plus Code: 9C7RRXR2+HQ

Entry Name: 38-40 Main Street, Gorebridge

Listing Name: Gorebridge, 36, 38 and 40 Main Street

Listing Date: 19 March 1998

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 391982

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45163

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200391982

Location: Borthwick

County: Midlothian

Electoral Ward: Midlothian South

Parish: Borthwick

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Late 19th century. 2 storey; 3 bay; rectangular plan shop with tenement above. Irregular coursed tooled sandstone with stugged and polished dressings. Long and short quoins; chamfered reveals.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: near symmetrical; central segmental arched doorway with polished hoodmould ornamented by moulded corbels and keystone. Slightly later door immediately to left with polished surround; segmental arched windows to outer left and right, again with carved moulded corbels and keystone. Regular fenestration to 1st floor.

NE AND SW ELEVATION: obscured by adjacent terrace.

NW ELEVATION: not seen 1997.

4 pane fixed timber windows to ground floor; 2 pane replacement sash and case windows to 1st floor. Grey slate roof with stone skews; cast iron rainwater goods; concrete faced coped gablehead stacks.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

Statement of Interest

This was originally a single shop. Although many of the shopfronts on the main street were replaced in 1901 the large ground floor windows are original.

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