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1 George Street and Garden Walls, Banff

Description: 1 George Street and Garden Walls

Category: B
Date Listed: 22 February 1972
Historic Scotland Building ID: 21996

OS Grid Coordinates: 368868, 864332
Latitude/Longitude: 57.6678, -2.5235

Location: A97, Banff, Aberdeenshire AB45 1DU

Locality: Banff
County: Aberdeenshire
Country: Scotland
Postcode: AB45 1DU

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Listing Text

1830-40. 2-storey and attic, wide 4-bay house with 2-storey rear wing. Squared dark whinstone, painted ashlar margins and dressings. Harled return gable and rear elevation.
Wide corniced pilastered doorpiece with centre entrance and margined multi-pane side lights; circa 1900 panelled door. Later bipartite in each outer bay (note painted later concrete sills). Regular lst floor fenestration. Late l9th century canted wallhead dormer in each outer bays; plate glass timber sash and case glazing.
Corniced end stacks (shared at E with No 2 George Street); slate roof; stone ridge.
GARDEN WALLS: high coped rubble garden wall separates garden from Castle Street and 62 Castle Street.

Notes:
Corner site with Castle Street. B Group with Nos 2-4 George Street.

Source: Historic Scotland

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence: PSI Click-use licence number C2008002006.




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