Description

Early 19th century. 2-storey with attic, 3-bay, rectangular-plan pair of plain classical houses. Coursed sandstone; ashlar dressings. Base course; cill course to 1st floor windows; projecting cills at ground; long and short droved surrounds to windows.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: canted to outer right. Pilastered and corniced doorpiece to bay to outer right of No 67; timber door with small-pane upper panel; single window above; regular fenestration to 2 bays to left; 2 dormers. Consoles and pediment to doorpiece to bay to outer right of No 69; timber door with glass panel; single window above; regular fenestration to 2 bays to left; 2 dormers.

2-pane timber sash and case windows; 12-pane timber sash and case windows to dormers to No 69. Grey slate mansard roof, canted section swept at eaves; mutual skew; rendered and coped central ridge stack; corniced mutual stack with No 71; variety of moulded cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped rubble wall to street of No 69.

Statement of Interest

Good example of early Victorian terrace housing, especially notable for their doorpieces.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56631929

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)