Description

John Bruce 1871. Four-storey, five-bay tenement with grotesque animal and human mask decoration to windows. Coursed squared rubble with ashlar dressings.

Ground floor left section: double shop front altered to flat, paired doors altered to windows, shop windows reduced to domestic size. Cornice above. Right section central pend between former doors to ground floor flats (now altered to windows), plain flanking windows.

Upper floors five-window, blind over pend. Grotesque animal and human masks, each different, at mid-points of window margins and at all corbels.

Rear altered from platties to internal stair.

Slate roof, ridge stacks.

Statement of Interest

Built for William Webster, as was the Ann Street tenement with similar carving. The tenements stretching to Alexander Street and the former "Spinner" bar were part of the same development but are not listed because they lack gargoyles.

Recently renovated.

Statutory address revised in 2024. Previously listed as '11-19 (Odd Nos) North Ellen Street, "The Faces Land"'.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17807709

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)