Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

21 Victoria Place, excluding 21A Victoria Place, Stirling LB41510

Status: Designated

Documents

There are no additional online documents for this record.

Summary

Category
B
Date Added
03/02/1978
Last Date Amended
12/06/2019
Local Authority
Stirling
Planning Authority
Stirling
Burgh
Stirling
NGR
NS 79073 93155
Coordinates
279073, 693155

Description

Mid-19th century. Two-storey, three-bay with attic and basement, Renaissance-style, detached villa. Ashlar-faced, quoins, main cornice and blocking course. Central bay with pilastered and arched doorpiece, arched first floor window above. Canted bay through all floors except attic to left. Tripartite windows at ground and first floors to right, both framed in superimposed pilasters with arched and keyblocked lights. Two bipartite dormer attic windows. Hipped and slated roof.

In accordance with Section 1 (4A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 the following are excluded from the listing: 21A Victoria Place.

Statement of Special Interest

21 Victoria Place is in the King's Park area of Stirling, which is a distinctive mid to late-19th century villa development. The land directly to the northeast of King's Park, had belonged to the Spittal's Hospital Trust and was known as Spittal's Park. Feuing of this land began in 1837 and by 1845 a feu plan of Spittal's Park was prepared indicating the first houses on Victoria Place. The 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map shows those on Victoria Place were among the first houses to be built within the King's Park suburb between 1845 and 1858. This map shows 21 Victoria Place.

21 Victoria Place was a house until around 1915 when it was put up for sale (Stirling Observer, 1st May 1915, p.8). It became Hurst Grange Preparatory School for Boys from 1919 to around 1974.

In accordance with Section 1 (4A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 the following are excluded from the listing: 21A Victoria Place.

Statutory address and listed building record revised in 2019. Previously listed as 'Victoria Place 21'.

References

Bibliography

Canmore: http://canmore.org.uk/ CANMORE ID 221466

Maps

Wood, J. (1820) Plan of the Town of Stirling, available at https://maps.nls.uk/view/74400945 [accessed 03/04/2019].

Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1858-60, published 1895) Stirlingshire XVII.3 (Combined) 25 inches to the mile, 1st edition. Ordnance Survey, Southampton.

Ordnance Survey (revised 1896, published 1898) Stirlingshire XVII.3 (St. Ninians; Stirling) 25 inches to the mile, 2nd and later editions. Ordnance Survey, Southampton.

Ordnance Survey (revised 1913, published 1918) Stirlingshire nXVII.3 (St. Ninians; Stirling) 25 inches to the mile, 2nd and later editions. Ordnance Survey, Southampton.

Ordnance Survey (revised 1942, published 1947) Stirlingshire nXVII.3 (St. Ninians; Stirling) 25 inches to the mile, 2nd and later editions. Ordnance Survey, Southampton.

Ordnance Survey (1951-2) 25 inches to the mile. Ordnance Survey, Southampton.

Printed Sources

Aitken, P., Cunningham, C. and Mccutcheon B (1984) Notes For A New History of Stirling - Kings Park.

Gifford, J. and Walker F. A. (2002) The Buildings of Scotland: Stirling and Central Scotland. London and New Haven: Yale University Press, pp.743-749.

McKean, C. (1985) Stirling and The Trossachs. Edinburgh: RIAS, pp.51-58.

Stirling Observer (1st May 1915) 'Villa for Sale', p.8.

The Scotsman (5th February 1902) 'Stirling – For Sale', p.3.

Online Sources

Flickr, Beaconhurst School: Hurst Grange School, available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/beaconhurstschool/8473359052/in/album-72157632761135601/ [accessed 27/02/2019].

Ordnance Survey Name Book (1858-1861) Stirlingshire volume 24, OS1/32/24/75, p.75 available at https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/stirlingshire-os-name-books-1858-61/stirlingshire-volume-24/75 [accessed 27/02/2019].

Stirling Council Local Development Plan (2014) King's Park Conservation Area Appraisal, available at https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/.../stirling.../govscot%3Adocument [accessed 12/02/2019].

Campbell, S. J., McEwan, A. and Wilson, D. (2018) John Allan: A Man of Original Ideas, available at www.stirlingcityheritagetrust.org/wp.../08/John-Allan-A-Man-of-Original-Ideas.pdf [accessed 12/02/2019], pp.10-17.

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Images

21 Victoria Place, principal elevation, looking northeast, during daytime, on a frosty day.

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