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17, 19 South High Street, Portsoy

A Category C Listed Building in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.682 / 57°40'55"N

Longitude: -2.6922 / 2°41'31"W

OS Eastings: 358819

OS Northings: 866006

OS Grid: NJ588660

Mapcode National: GBR M8QF.1DR

Mapcode Global: WH7KN.M56Q

Plus Code: 9C9VM8J5+R4

Entry Name: 17, 19 South High Street, Portsoy

Listing Name: 17, 19, 21 South High Street

Listing Date: 22 February 1972

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 386213

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB40300

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200386213

Location: Portsoy

County: Aberdeenshire

Town: Portsoy

Electoral Ward: Banff and District

Traditional County: Banffshire

Tagged with: Retail store

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Description

Later 19th century. 2-storey range comprising shop flanked each side by dwelling. Dark whinstone street frontage, coursed rubble return S elevation (no 17), tooled ashlar dressings.

NO 17: irregular 3 bays; doorway with letterbox fanlight flanked by windows; 2 slated and piended dormers break wallhead.

NO 19: gabled bay with centre entrance flanked by original shop windows and canted angle bay, also with window. Pair of small windows in 1st floor gable.

NO 21: L-plan with entrance in re-entrant angle; letterbox fanlight; ground and 1st floor windows in projecting gable; single gabled dormer breaks wallhead. Low coped rubble wall encloses front garden.

Timber sash and case 2- and 4-pane glazing; plate glass in shop windows. Coped end and ridge tooled rubble stacks; flat skews; slate roofs.

Statement of Interest

No 17 opens to pedestrian path linking South High Street with Hill Street.

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