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The Coffee House, Quay Close, Inveraray

A Category B Listed Building in Inveraray, Argyll and Bute

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.2309 / 56°13'51"N

Longitude: -5.0718 / 5°4'18"W

OS Eastings: 209689

OS Northings: 708510

OS Grid: NN096085

Mapcode National: GBR 00.CDLR

Mapcode Global: WH1JP.2N44

Plus Code: 9C8P6WJH+97

Entry Name: The Coffee House, Quay Close, Inveraray

Listing Name: Quay Close, Coffee House

Listing Date: 28 August 1980

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 379486

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB35042

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Inveraray, Quay Close, The Coffee House

ID on this website: 200379486

Location: Inveraray

County: Argyll and Bute

Town: Inveraray

Electoral Ward: Mid Argyll

Traditional County: Argyllshire

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Description

Eustace Balfour, circa 1880. L-plan. Single storey and attic. Rubble; harled front; 1 rendered side; gabled slate roofs; 4 gabled dormers. Ashlar chimneys. N gable curvilinear; panel with ducal coat-of-arms and motto; string course; plaque commemorating Elizabeth, Duchess of Argyll. S gable plain; decorative skew-putts. Ashlar bay window.

Statement of Interest

Restaurant on ground floor. Upper floor originally used

chiefly for meetings. Built for town at expense of 8th

Duke of the Public Reading Room and Coffee House.

Balfour was the Duke's son-in-law, brother of A J Balfour and pupil of Basil Champneys.

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