Description
Later 18th century. Substantial 3-storey warehouse with 4-bay
S elevation and 5-window rear (N to West Skene Street).
Harled rubble. Regular fenestration front and rear.
S elevation with bloked entrances in ground floor bays 2 and
3; small attic windows close to wallhead.
N elevation with centre entrance with loft floor door above;
also wide entrances in outer bays closed by modern sliding
doors; as in S elevation, loft windows close to wallhead.
Single 1st floor entrance in E gable, upper floor gable
window in E and W gables.
4-pane glazing in 1st floor windows; shutters survive in most
attic windows. Slate roof.
INTERIOR: ceilings supported by centre arcade of wooden
columns, circular in ground floor and square in 1st floor,
all with long 'wedge type' capitals.
YARD: S elevation fronted by walled yard with entrance to
Crook O'Ness Street and also to West Skene Street.
OFFICE: later 19th century, probably former 2-horse stable.
Rubble, tooled rubble dressings. Modern fenestration; single
end brick stack; slate roof.
Statement of Interest
Besides fishing, Macduff was a centre for carriage of goods
by sea and the import and export of commodities. The yard in
front would have been an integral part of the original plan,
used for loading and unloading goods.
Building now (1989) in use as builders' merchant store.
B Group with 29, 30, 32 Crook O'Ness Street and 1-5 West
Skene Street.
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