Description

Mid 19th century. Single storey and attic, 3-bay, gabled villa.

Snecked pink sandstone rubble, stugged, squared and snecked cream sandstone to entrance S elevation, ashlar dressings. Base course; architraved basket-arched windows at ground, round-arched at 1st floor to S; bargeboarded gables; quoin strips.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: gabled ashlr porch advanced to centre, four-centred arched doorway, 2-leaf panelled doors, plate glass fanlight, half-glazed vestibule door, moulded reveals, hoodmould, stop-chamfered arrises to angles of porch, small ashlar armorial plaque to gablehead, decorative bargeboard, (broken) finial at apex. Window to right with consoled cornice supporting window guard to canted dormer breaking eaves above, round-arched window to centre of dormer with gablet. Small semi-circular dormer window to left. Slightly advanced, taller gable bay to outer left with canted window with pierced ashlar parapet and bipartite window above. Decorative bargeboard to gable.

W ELEVATION: window at ground to outer left.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: modern single and 2-storey additions to rear.

Mostly plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; coped, sandstone and rendered end stacks, moulded cans.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: low ashlar wall with saddleback coping. Square plan piers with stop-chamfered angles, low pyramidal caps.

Statement of Interest

Now subdivided into two residences. Variant on theme of 36 and 38 Argyle Street West.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17777640

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)