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Old Lifeboat House, St Comb's Road, Portsoy

A Category B Listed Building in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6825 / 57°40'57"N

Longitude: -2.6851 / 2°41'6"W

OS Eastings: 359243

OS Northings: 866057

OS Grid: NJ592660

Mapcode National: GBR M8QF.4N6

Mapcode Global: WH7KN.Q5KB

Plus Code: 9C9VM8M7+2X

Entry Name: Old Lifeboat House, St Comb's Road, Portsoy

Listing Name: St Comb's Road, Old Lifeboat House

Listing Date: 15 March 1995

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 386223

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB40309

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200386223

Location: Portsoy

County: Aberdeenshire

Town: Portsoy

Electoral Ward: Banff and District

Traditional County: Banffshire

Tagged with: Lifeboat station

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Description

Late 19th century. 2-storey rectangular life boat house built against slope, boat accommodation in upper floor. Harled with tooled ashlar long and short dressings to principlal elevation. Brick dressings to sides.

Segmental-headed entrance to boat house in SE gable with single brick margined window with ashlar lintel in each long elevation; store below with 3 doorways in long NE elevation, each with ashlar lintel and brick jambs. Red brick with yellow brick quoins end stack; slate roof.

Statement of Interest

Lifeboat house exploits sloping site close to Aird Bay. Built after 1870. Listed category B as survival of a disappearing redundant type.

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