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Marrbank, 6 Paradise Road, Dundee

A Category B Listed Building in Dundee, Dundee

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.4646 / 56°27'52"N

Longitude: -2.9752 / 2°58'30"W

OS Eastings: 340006

OS Northings: 730700

OS Grid: NO400307

Mapcode National: GBR Z9D.8T

Mapcode Global: WH7RB.8SG1

Plus Code: 9C8VF27F+RW

Entry Name: Marrbank, 6 Paradise Road, Dundee

Listing Name: 6 Paradise Road, Marrbank, and 7, 9 Dudhope Street, with Boundary Walls and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 12 March 1993

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 361688

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB25457

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dundee, 6 Paradise Road, Marrbank

ID on this website: 200361688

Location: Dundee

County: Dundee

Town: Dundee

Electoral Ward: Coldside

Traditional County: Angus

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Description

Late 18th century, with alterations by Edward and Robertson, 1874. Two-storey L-plan rubble-built villa with ashlar dressings and angle margins.

S ELEVATION: 3-bay front smooth rendered with quoined angles. Centre console pedimented and architraved doorpiece approached by steps, altered for disabled access. Flanking mid-Victorian canted corniced bays with lead pentice roofs. 1st floor margined windows. 3 bipartite dormers.

GABLES: windows margined, with small off-centre attic windows. Modern 2-storey additional bay to E. Single-storey wing added to W 1874.

REAR: mid 19th century piended-roofed stair outshot in re-entrant angle.

Slate roofs. Main stacks rebuilt in brick. Windows sash and case, original 12-pane glazing pattern to some side and rear windows, altered to 4-pane to front in 1874.

Garage, formerly stables, at corner of Paradise Road and Dudhope Street, rubble-built with later brick W gable.

Tall coped rubble-built boundary walls, altered in places for vehicular access. 2 sets of corniced ashlar gatepiers to Paradise Road, one rendered.

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