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Council Offices, 39 Lewis Street, Stranraer

A Category B Listed Building in Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9023 / 54°54'8"N

Longitude: -5.0264 / 5°1'34"W

OS Eastings: 206059

OS Northings: 560597

OS Grid: NX060605

Mapcode National: GBR FHZR.DD4

Mapcode Global: WH1R8.R1PM

Plus Code: 9C6PWX2F+WC

Entry Name: Council Offices, 39 Lewis Street, Stranraer

Listing Name: 39 Lewis Street Including Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 20 July 1972

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 388106

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB41754

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Stranraer, 39 Lewis Street, Council Offices

ID on this website: 200388106

Location: Stranraer

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Town: Stranraer

Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

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Description

Mid 19th century (post 1845). 2-storey, 3-bay T-plan symmetrical classical villa, now offices. Painted render; harled to sides. Base course; quoins; long and short surrounds; aprons and consoled dentilled cornices to ground floor openings; architraved openings with projecting cills to 1st-floor.

SW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to entrance; Ionic pilastered doorpiece with dentiled cornice; 6-panelled timber door; letterbox fanlight; single window to 1st floor above. Single windows to both floors of flanking bays.

4-pane timber sash and case windows; Velux rooflights. Grey slate roof; stone skews; broad gablehead stacks with corniced cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low painted brick boundary wall to street. Coped wall flanking steps to doorpiece.

Statement of Interest

Former manse. A good example of Victorian building opposite Lewis Street Gospel Hall (see separate list description). Notable for its quoins, aprons and cornices to openings.

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