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Royal Bank Of Scotland, 63, 65 High Street, Montrose

A Category B Listed Building in Montrose, Angus

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.7121 / 56°42'43"N

Longitude: -2.4675 / 2°28'3"W

OS Eastings: 371476

OS Northings: 757915

OS Grid: NO714579

Mapcode National: GBR VY.F6XN

Mapcode Global: WH8RK.2K8B

Plus Code: 9C8VPG6J+RX

Entry Name: Royal Bank Of Scotland, 63, 65 High Street, Montrose

Listing Name: 63 and 65 High Street

Listing Date: 11 June 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 383259

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB38066

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Montrose, 63, 65 High Street, Royal Bank Of Scotland

ID on this website: 200383259

Location: Montrose

County: Angus

Town: Montrose

Electoral Ward: Montrose and District

Traditional County: Angus

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Description

Peddie and Kinnear, dated 1863. 3-storey, 5-bay, Italianate commercial premises, sandstone ashlar, base course, cornice above ground floor, at 1st floor cill, at 2nd floor cill with fleuron and guilloche band, above 2nd floor, consoled at eaves.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: tall, square headed, architraved openings at ground, that at centre with consoled cornice, those flanking and to outer right altered from former windows, now forming colonnade, modern shopfront behind, 1st floor windows architraved, chamfered, shouldered heads with moulding, fleuron to each side, 2nd floor with columned bipartites, segmental heads, fleuron to centre, paterae between consoles at eaves cornice.

N ELEVATION: adjoining 59/61 High Street at ground and 1st floors, squared and snecked sandstone gable end exposed at 3rd floor.

S ELEVATION: adjoining 67/69 High Street.

E ELEVATION: squared and snecked sandstone, extensive modern additions extending E and obscuring elevation.

Timber sash and case windows, plate glass glazing. Paired piended roofs, grey slates. Paired, corniced ashlar stacks to N and S with 6 polygonal cans, 3 can stack breaking eaves to centre of E elevation.

INTERIOR: upper floors not seen 1997.

Statement of Interest

Ground floor frontage probably later alteration, and with simpler classical detailing than upper floors.

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