Description

Earlier 19th century. 2 L-plan mews blocks creating V-plan mews with triangular court. Predominantly coursed rubble, some droved dressings.

N BLOCK: predominantly 2-storey. Variety of 2-leaf vertically-boarded timber doors in bays at ground, segmental-arched carriage door openings at centre. 2-leaf 6-panel timber door in NE corner, with 6-pane fanlight. Round-arched loading doors rising into stone gabled dormerhead, breaking eaves; glazed to left, with timber infill to right. Cement infilled loading doors to NE angle, and outer right.

S BLOCK: predominantly 2-storey, including original relieving arch centred at ground. Variety of 2-leaf vertically-boarded timber garage doors in bays at ground. Modern shop front to right of centre, with plate glass window; stone gabled dormerhead breaking eaves at attic, in bay above. Casement window breaking eaves to left of centre. Vertically-boarded timber infilled loading door to E return.

Variety of windows and roof-types. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Ashlar wallhead and ridge stacks; coped, with circular cans.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Second New Town A Group, covering a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17810978

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)