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Strathearn Institute, 35 James Square, Crieff

A Category C Listed Building in Crieff, Perth and Kinross

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.373 / 56°22'22"N

Longitude: -3.8419 / 3°50'30"W

OS Eastings: 286336

OS Northings: 721599

OS Grid: NN863215

Mapcode National: GBR 1H.2DVM

Mapcode Global: WH4N2.Y2PQ

Plus Code: 9C8R95F5+56

Entry Name: Strathearn Institute, 35 James Square, Crieff

Listing Name: 35 James Square, Strathearn Tower

Listing Date: 20 February 2002

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 395908

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB48485

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200395908

Location: Crieff

County: Perth and Kinross

Town: Crieff

Electoral Ward: Strathearn

Traditional County: Perthshire

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Description

Late 19th century. 3-storey and attic, 2-bay commercial building with dwellings above, in irregular terrace, with pavilion roof. Squared and snecked rubble with contrasting ashlar dressings. Band and eaves courses. Corniced and consoled pilastered doorpiece with segmental-headed door and roll-moulded doorcase. Corbels. Stone mullions.

E ELEVATION: slightly advanced bay to right with corbelled cornice, part-glazed timber door and flanking narrow lights under consoled cornice, tripartite to each floor above with pedimented corbelled bipartite window over breaking into pavilion roof. Bay to left with further deep-set 2-leaf panelled timber door and flanking canted lights at ground, 4-light canted window above and 2 closely-aligned windows at 2nd floor, 2 timber-pedimented dormers above.

S ELEVATION: lower building adjoining at ground, 2nd floor window to outer right and broad gablehead stack over.

Modern glazing. Grey slates, banded diamond-pattern to pavilion roof. Coped ashlar stacks; ashlar-coped skews with moulded skewputts.

Statement of Interest

Listed in particular for its contribution to Crieff's major public square and group value with Nos 36-39, in framing one side. Pavilion roof previously with crowning ironwork lending property greater presence.

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