Description

Matthews and Laurie, Inverness, 1865-7. 2-storey range
composed of 2 symmetrical 3-bay blocks set at right angles
to another. Squared tooled grey granite with polished pale
granite ashlar dressings and margins; harled rear with
ashlar margins.
High Street front; symmetrical 3-bay dwelling abutting
gable end of banking house; centre door with pilastered
corniced doorpiece; flanking tripartites and bipartites
in outer bays abutting similar fenestration in slightly
advanced gable of adjoining bank. Bank, The Square; centre
door with similar doorpiece as dwelling; flanking bipartites.
Blocked cills to all windows; 2-pane glazing; long/short
quoins to angles; bandcourse encircles range, linking
doorpiece cornices; granite brackets to eaves cornice;
end, rear and ridge stacks with 1 surviving flue battery
with 6 tall cans with flared anthemion decorated
caps; piended slate roof. Rear centre stair windows
to dwelling house.

Statement of Interest

Former Caledonian Bank.

Caledonian Bank opened in Grantown-on-Spey in 1839.

Corner site with The Square.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17829523

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)