Latitude: 55.0701 / 55°4'12"N
Longitude: -3.6059 / 3°36'21"W
OS Eastings: 297552
OS Northings: 576246
OS Grid: NX975762
Mapcode National: GBR 398T.4B
Mapcode Global: WH5WJ.LT4L
Plus Code: 9C7R39CV+2J
Entry Name: Dumfries County Buildings, Kirkbank, English Street, Dumfries
Listing Name: English Street, Kirkbank
Listing Date: 21 August 1987
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 362697
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26175
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Dumfries, English Street, Kirkbank, Dumfries County Buildings
ID on this website: 200362697
Location: Dumfries
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Town: Dumfries
Electoral Ward: Nith
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Later 19th century. 2-storey large villa. Roughly
square-plan, with service wing to NW. Bull-faced
snecked red ashlar and quoins with polished dressings
and moulded/chamfered reveals; windows mostly mullioned,
and mostly segmental-headed at ground, shouldered at
1st floor. SE and SW elevations both 3 bays, bipartites
to inner bays and stone-bracketted balconies linking canted
full-height outer bays - canted bays facing SE corbelled
to square at 1st floor. Balustraded long narrow porch at
NW with 6 shouldered-headed lights; second door on NW
wall alongside, facing service wing and string course
between floors and at 1st floor cill level; bracketted
cornice.
Corniced stacks; piended slate roofs.
Interior: elaborate cornice and ceiling plasterwork in
principal rooms; carved timber stair; some fireproof
partitions.
Now used as Regional Council Offices, and set behind low
modern block.
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