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Latitude: 56.0068 / 56°0'24"N
Longitude: -4.7479 / 4°44'52"W
OS Eastings: 228766
OS Northings: 682721
OS Grid: NS287827
Mapcode National: GBR 0D.TFCY
Mapcode Global: WH2M4.18CZ
Plus Code: 9C8Q2742+PR
Entry Name: Leewood, 186, 188 Princes Street West, Helensburgh
Listing Name: 186 and 188 Princes Street West, Leewood with Boundary Wall and Gatepiers
Listing Date: 30 June 1993
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 379242
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB34838
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Helensburgh, 186, 188 Princes Street West, Leewood
ID on this website: 200379242
Location: Helensburgh
County: Argyll and Bute
Town: Helensburgh
Electoral Ward: Helensburgh Central
Traditional County: Dunbartonshire
Tagged with: Villa
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.
Now subdivided into two residences. Variant on theme of 36 and 38 Argyle Street West.
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