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Northern Rock Building Society And Offices, 36 And 37 Market Square, Duns

A Category B Listed Building in Duns, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.7776 / 55°46'39"N

Longitude: -2.3445 / 2°20'40"W

OS Eastings: 378489

OS Northings: 653866

OS Grid: NT784538

Mapcode National: GBR D12M.7Q

Mapcode Global: WH8X7.Y1RM

Plus Code: 9C7VQMH4+36

Entry Name: Northern Rock Building Society And Offices, 36 And 37 Market Square, Duns

Listing Name: 36 and 37 Market Square (Northern Rock Building Society and Fpc&g Solicitors)

Listing Date: 22 December 1994

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 363167

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26530

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200363167

Location: Duns

County: Scottish Borders

Town: Duns

Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire

Traditional County: Berwickshire

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Description

Later 19th century. 2-storey 4-bay former bank with office above. Squared, snecked and stugged cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Base course; moulded cill course at 1st floor; entablature with dentilled cornice; channelled corner pilasters; raised margins at ground with moulded arrises and consoled cornices, bracketed cills to windows; moulded, lugged architraves at 1st floor. All elevations symmetrical with regular fenestration.

N ELEVATION: 4-bay; carved and panelled oak(?) doors with 9-pane fanlights to outer bays.

W ELEVATION: 2-bay; 1st floor left window blind.

S ELEVATION: 4-bay; centre left window at 1st floor blind.

Timber sash and case windows at 1st floor with 2-pane upper sash. Early 20th century border-glazed windows at ground, corresponding to doors. Piended roof; grey slates; corniced ashlar stacks with octagonal cans. Cast-iron rainwaterheads and downpipes.

INTERIOR: not seen 1994.

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