Description

Early 19th century. 3-storey, 3-bay tenement with ground floor shop. Painted ashlar. 2nd floor cill course; eaves course; cornice; blocking course. Architraves to 1st and 2nd floor windows; continuous apron panel to 1st floor windows, shallower to 2nd floor.

NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: entrances with fanlights (altered), flank central shop window; original consoled shopfront; mutuled cornice. Mutual close to outer right (No 21) with Nos 17-19 (see separate list description). Regular fenestration at 1st and 2nd floors; consoled cornice to central 1st floor window.

Modern 12-pane timber sash and case windows at 1st and 2nd floors. Grey slate roof; stone skews; coped apex stacks; circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

Statement of Interest

At the beginning of the High Street, Nos 23 and 25 set the pattern for much of the street, with the facade based on the old rigg frontages of domestic accommodation over ground floor commercial uses. Mutual cill course, eaves course, cornice and blocking course with Nos 11-15 (Odd Nos) and 17-21 (Odd Nos) (see separate list descriptions).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17835827

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas