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Council Offices, 23 Lewis Street, Stranraer

A Category C Listed Building in Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9031 / 54°54'11"N

Longitude: -5.027 / 5°1'37"W

OS Eastings: 206022

OS Northings: 560686

OS Grid: NX060606

Mapcode National: GBR FHZR.643

Mapcode Global: WH1R8.R1C0

Plus Code: 9C6PWX3F+75

Entry Name: Council Offices, 23 Lewis Street, Stranraer

Listing Name: 23 Lewis Street Including Boundary Walls and Gatepier

Listing Date: 20 July 1972

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392057

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45231

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200392057

Location: Stranraer

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Town: Stranraer

Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

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Description

Mid 19th century (post 1845). 2-storey, 3-bay T-plan terraced house with pend (shared with no 21). Painted render. Base course; architraved openings.

SW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: step to central entrance; consoled corniced pilastered doorpiece; 4-panel timber door; letterbox fanlight. 2 single windows flanking at ground; 3 single windows at 1st floor. Timber door to pend to outer left.

4-pane timber sash and case windows; rooflights. Grey slate roof; stone skews; coped ridge stacks (mutual with adjacent properties); corniced cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIER: coped rendered boundary wall; single square plan gatepier marking path to pend.

Statement of Interest

B group with Nos 21 and 25 Lewis Street. Described by W McIlwaith in 1875 as, "... a row of nice self-contained homes."

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