Description

Late 18th century. 4-storey, 6-bay commercial building with shops to ground floor. Painted ashlar, grey slate roof. Pilastered shopfronts, corniced ground floor, cill band to 1st and 2nd floor, eaves course; 2-pane timber sash and case windows, architraved to 1st floor, margined to 2nd; ashlar-coped skews, corniced gable stacks, wallhead stack to front.

FRONT ELEVATION: 3 shopfronts to ground floor, mostly original or with early alterations, model of the old Town House (William Adam, 1731, demolished) over Pillars public house door; 6 windows to upper floors, blinded at 3rd bay from right.

INTERIOR: not seen.

Statement of Interest

Crichton Street was the first of a series of streets to be cut through from the High Street to the Tay, beginning in 1779 following the purchase by the council of a large house belonging to Dr Crichton. This building appears to date from that time.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17806502

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas