Description

Alexander Johnston, 1895. Curved 4-storey, 7-bay tenement,
the fulcrum of a larger model tenement development. Squared
and snecked rubble with ashlar dressings. Ground floor
shopfronts with slim pseudo-Ionic pilasters. Upper floor
windows margined, corniced at 1st, continuous cill courses
at 2nd and 3rd.
Elevation to street: broad 4-bay curve, outer bays
bipartite. Central crow-stepped gable with hoodmoulded
attic light and ball finial, flanked by swept-roofed
lead-capped bartizans. Canted oriels to Albert Street and
Arthurstone terrace rise from 1st and 3rd floors with
conical turrets. Single bipartite bay to right of oriel at
Arthurstone Terrace. Wallhead stack to right or oriel at
Albert Street.
Slate roof with wrought-iron finials to turrets. Ridge
stacks. Windows sash and case, 2-pane glazing pattern.

Statement of Interest

Regarded as a model housing development for the artisan

and working classes.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17806728

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