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Munro's Villa, Tower Gardens, Tower Street, Tain

A Category C Listed Building in Tain, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.8123 / 57°48'44"N

Longitude: -4.0561 / 4°3'21"W

OS Eastings: 277938

OS Northings: 882153

OS Grid: NH779821

Mapcode National: GBR J8C2.DSL

Mapcode Global: WH4DT.NWRX

Plus Code: 9C9QRW6V+WH

Entry Name: Munro's Villa, Tower Gardens, Tower Street, Tain

Listing Name: Tower Street, Tower Gardens (MR Cormack and MR Munro)

Listing Date: 29 October 1982

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 388304

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB41916

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200388304

Location: Tain

County: Highland

Town: Tain

Electoral Ward: Tain and Easter Ross

Traditional County: Ross-shire

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Description

Thomas Munro, 1902. Pair semi-detached villas, each 3 storeys,
2 bays.
Sneck coursed stugged rubble, harled flanks, ashlar dressings.
Advanced gabled paired centre bays each with 2 storey, canted
bay window with decorative frieze and Cumbrian fish-scale
slate roof. Original glazed porches in re-entrant angles with
panelled door and cast-iron brattishing. Single piended
dormer rising through wallhead to each house; original rhones
and down-pipes. End stacks; slate roof.
2 pairs earlier 19th century square ashlar gate piers with
fluted and corniced caps. Cast-iron gates and overthrows. Low
coped retaining wall with spearhead cast-iron railing.

Statement of Interest

Built on site of earlier house destroyed by fire circa 1900.

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