Description

Dated 1878. 3-storey and attic classical commercial building

on corner; 13 x 9 bays. Polished ashlar, channelled at ground

floor above basement cornice; ground floor mostly altered to

modern shops at N, original S of entrance bays to Wellington

Street; double entry at Nos 134, 136 Wellington Street,

pilastered with filletted necking, continuous dentil cornice

and lettering in frieze "WELLINGTON BUILDINGS"; plain

entrance at head of steps to Bath Street with plain frieze,

cornice and parapet above in central 3-bay section; low

basement windows and plain windows above. Mostly plate glass, single-pane windows etched at lower part set in architraves;

ground floor cornice; 1st floor moulded cill band, consoled,

corniced windows; 2nd floor moulded cill band. Plain eaves

entablature with modillion cornice; pierced balustrade broken

by block pedimented dormers, latter raised with console

keyblocks and segmental pediments at ends and corner with

French pavilion roofs; corniced ridge and end stacks; slate

roof.

Statement of Interest

Unusual glazing, perhaps early 20th century.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17810287

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)