Description

Earlier 19th century. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay house and Public Bar (formerly bakery) on significant corner site with principal (E) elevation facing Church Square with single storey extension forming L-plan situated at right angles to rear. White painted harl with pink granite dressings. Corner door with distinctive triangular cyma recta detail above. Central flat-roofed dormer. Large multi-paned window to E.

Predominantly later 20th century plate glass timber sash and case windows to E. Some 12-pane timber sash and case to single storey extension. Raised coping with skewputts. Graded grey slate. Coped gable stacks. Cast iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: extensively modernised. House retains some simple cornicing.

Statement of Interest

These buildings form an L-plan unit which provides essential symmetry and balance to Gordon Cottage (see separate listing) at the opposing diagonal corner of this central open square. Ballater was a planned town and these buildings define the grid of the original design. They are therefore a vital element to the streetscape. Ballater was instigated by the local laird, Francis Farquharson of Monaltrie at the end of the nineteenth century to provide accommodation for the increasing numbers of tourists to the nearby Pannanich Wells. The town was planned on a grid system and early maps show Church Square as the principal square, with other streets forming a grid pattern around it. The buildings around the square are an important aspect to the town, both visually and historically and both these, and Gordon Cottage, are shown on the 1866 map as the corner points which provide coherence for the whole.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77779410

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)