Description

Muirhead and Rutherford, 1911. 3-storey and attic; 3-bay; terraced commercial building. Asymmetrical Edwardian Baroque design with prominent keyblocks and curved and semicircular pediments to some windows. Polished sandstone ashlar to principal (N) elevation. Frieze and cornice to ground floor; low coped parapet to roof. Segmental arches with concave reveals and scrolled brackets as keyblocks to ground floor openings. 1st and 2nd floor windows of each bay joined vertically within shared/linked architraves; projecting cills to those to 1st and 2nd floors (those to 1st floor are bracketed).

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: pair of entrances with chamfered and stopped jambs to right; both with original 2-leaf panelled timber doors with segmental-headed fanlights. Pair of windows with moulded jambs and splayed cills to left. 2-light mullioned window to right bay to each floor above; those to 1st and 2nd floors joined by shared architrave, upper one surmounted by segmental pediment with cornice

extended across width of bay to either side; 2-light boxed dormer above has timber mullion. Window to 1st and 2nd floors to each bay to left; all with moulded surrounds within vertically adjoining architraves; lower windows with prominent radiating keyblocks and shaped open-bed pediment; upper ones with smaller keyblocks, relieving arches and aprons. 2 left bays surmounted by shouldered gable with narrow segmental-headed attic window with keyblock to centre.

2-pane timber sash and case windows to principal (N) elevation; 4-pane fixed lights with mutuled transoms to ground floor; 4-pane fixed lights/casements here with mutuled horizontal astragals. Grey slate platform roof. Corniced ashlar wallhead stack shared with property adjoining to W (Nos 1-3 East Port. Original cast-iron downpipe with decorative foliate hoppers to left of principal elevation.

INTERIOR: tiled dado to hallway to right entrance to principal (N) elevation. Late 20th century open-plan bar to ground floor (via left entrance).

Statement of Interest

B group with adjacent former Bank of Scotland (Nos 1-3 East Port). Built as a licensed premises for H H Porter.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77777010

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover