Description

Frank J Carruthers of Dumfries and Lockerbie, circa 1900.
3-storey renaissance-detailed corner block with shops and
hotel. Elaborately-detailed S elevation to High Street with
sculptured ornament at top floor, recessed circular turret
turns corner (wide hotel entrance in canted corner below),
plain (E) elevation to Lady Street. Polished ashlar High
Street elevation has 2 bays with tripartites, balconies to
upper floor on columns supported on stone corbels, elaborate
pedimented heads raised high above eaves level. Further
narrow left bay with oculus at 2nd floor. Turret at angle
with Lady Street has columned mullions and slated dome.
Bull-faced 2-bay E gable, linked pair apex stacks. Rear wing
raised to 3 storeys. Slate roofs.

Statement of Interest

The Hon R J Seddon one time President of New Zealand and

whose parents both came from Annan, stayed here in 1902 with

his cousin when he received the freedom of the burgh.

Terminates Bank Street view looking N.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17779944

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)