Description

Robert Matthew of Lorimer and Matthew, 1934. Single storey and attic, Scottish Arts and Crafts roadhouse. Rendered brick with polished sandstone ashlar dressings. Base course; stone cills and surrounds to openings; cornice.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Gabled projecting central stair tower with architraved doorway flanking to right and single window to left; 2-leaf timber door; small window at ground to centre; carved boss to cill to strip window rising to eaves above; trade sign suspended from bracket. Tripartite windows in recessed bays to outer left and right; quadripartite box dormers above.

S ELEVATION: central doorway with carved stone panel above; single windows flanking to ground and 1st floors; single window at ground to outer left. Fixed-pane, casement, and sash and case small-pane windows. Grey slate swept piended roof; carved scrolled shoulders to wallhead stack; stone skewputts.

INTERIOR: plain decorative treatment.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: circular-section gatepiers in squared rubble sandstone; low coped boundary wall to street, stepped rendered wall to N.

Statement of Interest

Designed for Robert Russell Hogg as a replacement for his business next to the City Chambers. Originally known as the "English Inn", presumably referring to the form of public house facilities offered rather than its architectural appearance.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17809875

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)