Description

Late 18th century. 2-storey with attic, 3-bay symmetrical rectangular plan townhouse, now in use as restaurant. Painted render; painted rubble to side. Protuding cills.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: double forestair to entrance (modern canopy); aluminium door; single window at 1st floor; ball finialled pediment; recessed roundel within pediment. Flanking Palladian windows at ground, single windows at 1st floor; gabled finialled dormers at attic, with round-arched windows.

Timber sash and case windows; 12-pane to ground and 1st floor; 4 pane to dormers (19th century); rooflight. Grey slate roof; stone skews; scrolled skewputts; broad gablehead coped stacks; circular cans. Dominant fire escapes.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

Statement of Interest

The authors of HISTORIC STRANRAER suggest that this was the only house in the area east of the castle, likely to have had servants (p21).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17794239

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover