Description

Dated 1694. 3 storeys, symmetrical 3 bays. Harled,
ashlar margins and dressings. Arcaded ground floor; 3
round-headed arches on squat pillars with square,
cushion type capitals with primitive Ionic details; roll
moulding to arcade and to window margins; 12-pane
sashes. Windows in outer bays at 2nd floor raised through
eaves, each with scroll decorated stone pediment,
that to right (W) dated 1694 and initialled I D, to left (E)
with star (of Innes) and initialled M I. Crowsteps, initials
and date repeated on skewputts.
Gable end stacks with deep roll moulded chimneyheads;
Graded stone slab roof; stone ridge.
2-storey, single bay wing to rear with entrance at
re-entrant angle; wall line irregular in pend and roof
carried on 3 heavy corbel stones; single swept dormer
to W.

Statement of Interest

Initials for John Duncan and Margaret Innes. Building

served from 1703 to 1722 as banking house for William Duff

of Dipple and Braco. Stone slabs for roof appear to have

come from Leggat's Quarry, New Spynie. Restored and harled

circa 1976. Now serves as shop with dwelling above.

Former Item 35 (1981 Revised List).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Braco's Banking House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17570852

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014