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Strathclyde Regional Council Registry Office, 25, 27 King Street West, Helensburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.0051 / 56°0'18"N

Longitude: -4.7342 / 4°44'3"W

OS Eastings: 229611

OS Northings: 682502

OS Grid: NS296825

Mapcode National: GBR 0D.TQFN

Mapcode Global: WH2M4.7BV8

Plus Code: 9C8Q2748+28

Entry Name: Strathclyde Regional Council Registry Office, 25, 27 King Street West, Helensburgh

Listing Name: 25-27 (Odd Nos) King Street West, Strathclyde Regional Council Registry Office

Listing Date: 30 June 1993

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 379189

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB34806

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200379189

Location: Helensburgh

County: Argyll and Bute

Town: Helensburgh

Electoral Ward: Helensburgh Central

Traditional County: Dunbartonshire

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Description

Robert Wemyss, 1890. 2-storey asymmetrical offices. Stugged, snecked red sandstone; ashlar dressings. Base course, part bracketted cill course at 1st floor; ashlar mullioned windows, ovolo moulded arrises; low eaves.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: semi-circular-arched doorway off-centre left, deep-chamfered reveals, 2-leaf panelled doors (modern wheel chair ramp abutting); 'Rhu Parish Council Chambers' inscribed over doorway. Bipartite window to right. Semi-circular-arched pend to outer right. Window to right at 1st floor; short pilaster strip to left corbelled at cill course with date stone below; bipartite window to outer right. Gabled bay to outer left with pair windows at ground; canted oriel above with half-piend slate roof. Carved panel to gablehead.

Sash and case windows with plate glass to lower sashes, multi-pane to upper sashes. Green/grey slate roof; coped sandstone stack to left gable; skew blocks; original rainwater goods.

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