Description
1903-1906 incorporating remodelled two-storey building of earlier date at south corner. Nos. 2-6 designed by James Strang in 1903. Nos. 8-16 designed by Alexander Gauld in 1904-06 (as a hotel).Three-storey, free Renaissance treatment, ashlar, shallow three-light oriel windows rising from shopfronts corncing, corner turrets with lead cupolas, balustraded parapet; ground floor shops (two good original shopfronts).
Statement of Interest
Planned by David Ronald, Burgh Engineer, in 1903 perspective by Alexander McGibbon in Burgh Engineer's office.
Statutory address and listed building record revised in 2018. Previously listed as 'Lint Riggs West Side. (Even Nos) 20-24 High Street and A Anderson & Son, Newmarket Street'.
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Recommended Books
Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)