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49-53 Ferry Street, Montrose

A Category C Listed Building in Montrose, Angus

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.707 / 56°42'25"N

Longitude: -2.4656 / 2°27'56"W

OS Eastings: 371588

OS Northings: 757350

OS Grid: NO715573

Mapcode National: GBR VY.FFCS

Mapcode Global: WH8RK.3P46

Plus Code: 9C8VPG4M+QP

Entry Name: 49-53 Ferry Street, Montrose

Listing Name: 49 - 71 (Odd Nos) Ferry Street

Listing Date: 11 June 1971

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 393407

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46180

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200393407

Location: Montrose

County: Angus

Town: Montrose

Electoral Ward: Montrose and District

Traditional County: Angus

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Description

Dated 1850. Terrace of 4 4-bay, 2-storey and attic tenements, terminated by 3-storey block. Sandstone ashlar, squared and snecked and part-harl to rear. Base course, 1st floor cill band course, eaves cornice. Double-chamfered margins.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: tenement to extreme left; 3 doorways to centre at ground, outer 2 now windows, that to centre with small entablature, rectangular 4-pane fanlight, panelled door, 2 timber-mullioned bipartites flanking. 4 windows at 1st floor symmetrically disposed, bowed dormer above outer bays. Tenement to inner left; as tenement to extreme left but 2 doorways to centre. Tenement to inner right; as tenement to extreme left. Tenement to extreme right; as tenement to extreme left.

N ELEVATION: adjoining 43 - 47 Ferry Street.

S ELEVATION: adjoining 73 - 77 Ferry Street.

E ELEVATION: each tenement with large semicircular stairtower projecting to centre, full-height and breaking eaves. Single bay flanking.

Timber sash and case windows, 12-pane at 1st floor and dormers, plate glass elsewhere. Grey slate pitched roof, stone skews, skewputts to rear. Corniced, ashlar ridge stacks.

Statement of Interest

Reflecting the mid 19th Century expansion of the Harbour area, this terrace is an important element in Ferry Street leading towards the old Custom House standing out for the continued use of the traditional circular stairtower. Part of the 43 - 77 Ferry Street and 1/3/5 Caledonia Street B Group.

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