Description

Later 19th century. 3-storey and attic, 3-bay tenement with classical detailing. Coursed grey granite ashlar. Architraved 1st and 2nd floor windows, with corniced bracketed cills; eaves cornice and band course.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; decorative doorpiece to centre of ground floor, doorway flanked by Tuscan columns, panelled timber door, tall fanlight above, surmounted by fake balcony on elaborate brackets with iron railing; modern shop fronts flanking doorway to left and right at ground floor. 2 pairs of windows to each bay of 1st and 2nd floors. Pair of segmental-arched windows breaking eaves with curvilinear roof to centre of attic floor, segmental-arched hoodmoulds, decorative patera set in gablehead, stone finial to apex, flanked by 2 corbelled-out wallhead stacks. Venetian dormers to flanking bays to left and right.

NE AND SW ELEVATIONS: obscured by adjoining buildings.

NW ELEVATION: not seen 2000.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows; replacement PVCu windows to 2nd floor. Grey slate mansard roof with lead ridges. Coped stone skews with moulded skewputts. Corniced gablehead and wallhead stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

Statement of Interest

Well detailed granite building in prominent position looking along Holburn Street. The doorpiece is particularly grand, as are the Venetian dormers at attic floor.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77774445

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  For the Record
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas