9 Old Market Place, Banff
Description: 9 Old Market Place
Category: B
Date Listed: 22 February 1972
Historic Scotland Building ID: 22075
OS Grid Coordinates: 369174, 864008
Latitude/Longitude: 57.6649, -2.5183
Location: B9142, Banff, Aberdeenshire AB45 1GF
Locality: Banff
County: Aberdeenshire
Country: Scotland
Postcode: AB45 1GF
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Listing Text
Originally John Mitchell, master mason, 1780, as single storey school; raised to 2 storeys, 1805. Regular 2-storey, 6-bay building with round-headed keystoned off-centre entrance, double-leaf panelled door and regular fenestration. Rubble,painted ashlar margins. Ground and 1st floor window in W return gable;
Harled 2-storey rear wing of 4 bays; ground floor as garages, regular lst floor fenestration.
2-pane glazing in all upper lights of timber sash and case windows, single pane in lower. Coped end stacks; slate roof.
References:
Banff Preservation Society, ROYAL AND ANCIENT BANFF (1975).
Notes:
Originally constructed as Banff Grammar School in l780 as single storey building with pediment and bellcote. Bellcote might be that now on Old Smithy, Old Market Place. Rebuilt in present form in l805. Superseded as Grammar School by Banff Academy, l838 (now Banff Primary School).
Rear garage profiled metal structure not included in listing.
Source: Historic Scotland
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