Description

George Angus, 1832, following the plan of William Burn, 1824. 3-storey, classically-detailed block of shops, offices and flats arranged in 2 sections of 9 symmetrical bays, forming part of the

(mostly) unified Reform Street. Painted ashlar, concealed slate

roof. Shopfronts to ground floor, originally pilastered and balustraded but now mostly altered with balustrade remaining only at doorpiece to Nos 16-24 and at shopfront to Nos 26 and 28; cill band to 2nd floor, dentilled and corniced balustraded parapet, replaced at Nos 30 and 32 with incongruous attic storey. Architraved windows to 1st floor, plain to 2nd, originally 12-pane timber sash and case glazing pattern, now mostly 2-pane. Fluted Ionic-columned distyle in antis doorpiece to centre bay of each section (columns removed from Nos 26-32). Corniced axial stacks.

INTERIOR: fine plasterwork domed interior to No 16.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17809576

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  For the Record
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)