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Latitude: 56.7069 / 56°42'24"N
Longitude: -2.4656 / 2°27'56"W
OS Eastings: 371591
OS Northings: 757335
OS Grid: NO715573
Mapcode National: GBR VY.FFCT
Mapcode Global: WH8RK.3P5B
Plus Code: 9C8VPG4M+PQ
Entry Name: 55-59 Ferry Street, Montrose
Listing Name: 49 - 71 (Odd Nos) Ferry Street
Listing Date: 11 June 1971
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 393408
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46180
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200393408
Location: Montrose
County: Angus
Town: Montrose
Electoral Ward: Montrose and District
Traditional County: Angus
Tagged with: Architectural structure
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.
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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