Description

1914. 2-storey shop with corner tower on prominent corner site. Polished ashlar, channelled at ground. Deep traditional fascia, ground floor cornice, deep 1st floor cill course and eaves cornice; mutuled eaves cornice to towerhead. Stone mullions and chamfered arrises.

S (SHOREHEAD) ELEVATION: in-canted timber door with etched glass to deep fanlight and further narrow fanlight above, flanking lights and further full-width, 3-light outer fanlight. Rounded angle above with fascia giving way to tripartite window and breaking eaves into finialled conical roof.

SE (HIGH STREET ELEVATION: 4-part traditional display window with broad channelled pier to outer right, canvas blinds, full width fascia with 'BARRON' in gold lettering, and moulded bracket to outer right; bipartite window to centre at 1st floor, and single windows in flanking bays.

SW (UNION) STREET ELEVATION: display window with broad channelled pier to outer left, and lettered fascia and bracket as above; single window to 1st floor.

Plate glass glazing in timber sash and case windows to 1st floor, fixed display windows to ground. Small grey/green slates. Cast-iron downpipes with decorative rainwater hoppers.

INTERIOR: panelled timber counter and traditional shelving, boarded timber ceiling. Clock above main entrance by D Mitchell of Leven.

Statement of Interest

Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the family firm of Barron was established by ex-provost George Barron in 2 rooms of his home in Bank Street. With the advent of the Wemyss Tramways in 1906, Leven became a popular shopping centre, and the business was very successful. Today Barron's is a rare example of a traditional family owned draper's shop retaining original features, and a local feature in the corner tower, employed across the burgh's commercial heart.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77775661

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Recommended Books

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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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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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