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27 Crook O' Ness Street and Yard, Macduff

A Category B Listed Building in Macduff, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6718 / 57°40'18"N

Longitude: -2.495 / 2°29'41"W

OS Eastings: 370573

OS Northings: 864763

OS Grid: NJ705647

Mapcode National: GBR N86F.V10

Mapcode Global: WH8LW.NF3L

Plus Code: 9C9VMGC4+P2

Entry Name: 27 Crook O' Ness Street and Yard, Macduff

Listing Name: 27 Crook O'ness Street, Yard and Office

Listing Date: 22 February 1972

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 382754

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37618

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Macduff, 27 Crook O' Ness Street

ID on this website: 200382754

Location: Macduff

County: Aberdeenshire

Town: Macduff

Electoral Ward: Troup

Traditional County: Banffshire

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Description

Later 18th century. Substantial 3-storey warehouse with 4-bay
S elevation and 5-window rear (N to West Skene Street).
Harled rubble. Regular fenestration front and rear.
S elevation with bloked entrances in ground floor bays 2 and
3; small attic windows close to wallhead.
N elevation with centre entrance with loft floor door above;
also wide entrances in outer bays closed by modern sliding
doors; as in S elevation, loft windows close to wallhead.
Single 1st floor entrance in E gable, upper floor gable
window in E and W gables.
4-pane glazing in 1st floor windows; shutters survive in most
attic windows. Slate roof.
INTERIOR: ceilings supported by centre arcade of wooden
columns, circular in ground floor and square in 1st floor,
all with long 'wedge type' capitals.
YARD: S elevation fronted by walled yard with entrance to
Crook O'Ness Street and also to West Skene Street.
OFFICE: later 19th century, probably former 2-horse stable.
Rubble, tooled rubble dressings. Modern fenestration; single
end brick stack; slate roof.

Statement of Interest

Besides fishing, Macduff was a centre for carriage of goods

by sea and the import and export of commodities. The yard in

front would have been an integral part of the original plan,

used for loading and unloading goods.

Building now (1989) in use as builders' merchant store.

B Group with 29, 30, 32 Crook O'Ness Street and 1-5 West

Skene Street.

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