Description

All probably by James Barbour. Former military barracks
circa 1870, range to E (built as stores) by Barbour,
1875. Scottish Baronial. Snecked bull-faced red ashlar
with polished dressings; slate roofs.
Original range: recessed from street; 3 storeys mainly
with bipartites, single 3rd floor windows with
pedimented/crow-stepped dormerheads, chequer-corbelling
stepped between cills; off-centre conical-roofed turret
rises above eaves, door in recessed bay alongside, 3rd
floor window above supported on linking archway and on
main wall-plane. Small-paned sash windows; coped stacks.
Addition: set forward to line of street and with corbelled
parapets; dummy tower house with 2 asymmetrically
corbelled bartisans with linking archway; slightly lower
wing to E corbelled inwards at 1st floor. Coped stacks.

Statement of Interest

Now part of Regional Council Offices.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17793959

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)