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Latitude: 57.5852 / 57°35'6"N
Longitude: -3.8675 / 3°52'2"W
OS Eastings: 288446
OS Northings: 856549
OS Grid: NH884565
Mapcode National: GBR J8TP.34M
Mapcode Global: WH4G2.KMK0
Plus Code: 9C9RH4PM+32
Entry Name: The Job Centre, 79A High Street, Nairn
Listing Name: 79 and 79A High Street, (Department of Employment, and Peggys)
Listing Date: 12 March 1981
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 383800
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB38436
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Nairn, 79a High Street, The Job Centre
ID on this website: 200383800
Location: Nairn
County: Highland
Town: Nairn
Electoral Ward: Nairn and Cawdor
Traditional County: Nairnshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Circa 1800, 2 storey L plan block, 3 bays with 4-bay arm having
gabled end to High Street with later 19th century 2-bay shop
front. Harled, painted stone margins, ashlar shop front. No
79: openings to centre bay now blocked, projecting square
porch at re-entrant angle with shouldered lintel, side lights
and shaped parapet. Some 12-pane glazing; single later 19th
century gabled wallhead dormer on NE elevation; end and
wallhead stacks. No 79A, 2 bay shop front with modern glazing
at ground floor; symmetrical ashlar 1st floor facade; paired
angle pilaster strips supporting cornice; pediment with
(blank) plaque and small raised semi-circular apex pediment.
Corner site with Castle Lane. Gateway to Castle Lane has
datestone:
A.F. A.B.M.D.
1867
VIVE UT VIVAS
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