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3, 5, 7 West Bell Street, Dundee

A Category B Listed Building in Dundee, Dundee

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.4624 / 56°27'44"N

Longitude: -2.9758 / 2°58'32"W

OS Eastings: 339970

OS Northings: 730456

OS Grid: NO399304

Mapcode National: GBR Z99.2F

Mapcode Global: WH7RB.8T7Q

Plus Code: 9C8VF26F+XM

Entry Name: 3, 5, 7 West Bell Street, Dundee

Listing Name: 3, 5, 7 West Bell Street, Curr Centre, Including Railings

Listing Date: 30 March 1995

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 361973

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB25627

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dundee, 3, 5, 7 West Bell Street

ID on this website: 200361973

Location: Dundee

County: Dundee

Town: Dundee

Electoral Ward: Maryfield

Traditional County: Angus

Tagged with: Hostel

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Description

Ireland and MacLaren, dated 1881. 3-storey, attic and basement, 5-bay hostel. Sandstone ashlar, channelled to ground floor, snecked rubble to rear, grey slate roof. Cill band to 1st and 2nd floor, consoled parapet with blind trefoil-headed panels; single, bi- and tripartite windows, architraved to ground, 1st and 2nd floor with diaper-pattern round-headed panels over ground floor, 2-pane timber sash and case glazing, 1 gabled and 4 round-headed dormers rising through parapet with astragalled windows and central hopper; large corniced ridge stacks with uniform cream cans.

FRONT ELEVATION: 2-leaf panelled door to centre approached by steps oversailing basement, keystoned and moulded round-headed doorcase with tympanum and polished Peterhead granite angle colonettes within sculpturally-embellished pedimented doorpiece, small window to left and right, larger window and panelled door to flanking bays, tripartite quasi-Venetian window with date panel to 1st floor centre flanked by

bipartites, tripartite flanked by bipartites to 2nd floor, gabled

dormer flanked by round-headed dormers; outer bays slightly advanced with bipartite to each floor, single dormer.

REAR ELEVATION: doors and various windows with original glazing pattern.

INTERIOR: not seen.

RAILINGS: decorative cast-iron railings to steps and area.

Statement of Interest

The tympanum over the main door has a relief of a child being offered the open door of the building and bears the inscription 'I was a stranger and ye took me in'.

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