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8 Laurel Bank, Dundee

A Category B Listed Building in Dundee, Dundee

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.4654 / 56°27'55"N

Longitude: -2.9768 / 2°58'36"W

OS Eastings: 339911

OS Northings: 730786

OS Grid: NO399307

Mapcode National: GBR Z95.HX

Mapcode Global: WH7RB.7RQF

Plus Code: 9C8VF28F+47

Entry Name: 8 Laurel Bank, Dundee

Listing Name: 6, 8 Laurel Bank, and 5, 7 Prospect Place with Boundary Walls and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 12 March 1993

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 361621

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB25397

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dundee, 8 Laurel Bank

ID on this website: 200361621

Location: Dundee

County: Dundee

Town: Dundee

Electoral Ward: Coldside

Traditional County: Angus

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Description

David MacKenzie circa 1840, with additions to No 6 by Ireland and MacLaren, 1875. Symmetrical 2-storey 4-bay semi-detached pair of villas. Ashlar front with 1st floor cill course, main cornice and blocking course; coursed rubble sides and rear.

S elevatio: advanced end bays with pedimented blocking course, single-light inner bays. Windows architraved.

Side elevations: 3-bay with centre pilastered and corniced doorpiece with pedimental blocking courses and dies. Bay to right blind. Corniced wallhead stack.

NE wing added 1875 with canted bay through both floors to Prospect Place, encircling cornice, 3-storey italianate square-section belvedere tower with projecting mutule eaves. Modern porch for access to upper fla t.

Piended and platformed slate roof with wallhead and ridge stacks. Windows sash and case, 2-pane glazing pattern.

Square pyramidal-capped gatepiers. Low ashlar boundary walls to Laurel Bank with modern railings. High ashlar boundary walls to Prospect Place broken by vehicular access. Modern garage with slate roof

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Statement of Interest

In 1871 J Whytock watchmaker, lived at No 6, (now flatted) and No 8 was jointly inhabited by William Scott, architect and J Watson, tobacco manufacturer, Seagate.

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