Documents

There are no additional online documents for this record.

Summary

Description

Mid and later 19th century. 3-storey tenement with 8 and 7-bay elevations to Glebe Street and Big Kiln Street respectively. Roughcast walls with to Glebe Street, smooth cement-render to Big Kiln Street, painted ashlar shopfronts at ground floor. Droved dressings, margins at corners, projecting cills to windows.

NE (GLEBE STREET) ELEVATION: regularly fenestrated elevation, angled at centre, symmetrical to right of centre. Shop window at ground floor, 1st bay, in painted ashlar shopfront with cornice over. Entrance door at 3rd bay, with bipartite windows at 1st and 2nd floor. Entrance doors between 5th and 6th bays and 7th and 8th bays.

SE (BIG KILN STREET) ELEVATION: 7-bay elevation angled between 3rd and 4th bays and including chamfered corner bay to outer right. Painted ashlar shopfront at ground floor with cornice over. 1st bay, window at ground floor with entrance door to right. Entrance door in 2nd bay, shop window in 3rd bay with small windows at 1st and 2nd floors. Shop entrance door in 4th bay with small windows at 1st and 2nd floors, off-set to left, and windows at 1st and 2nd floors offset to right. Shop window in 5th bay, corner bay with shop entrance door at ground.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: variety of windows including bipartite, narrow and smaller stair openings.

8-pane timber sash and case windows with horns to all openings, except modern glazing at ground and 1st floor of SE elevation, 1st and 2nd bays. Grey slate roof, piended over SE elevation. Cast-iron downpipes and gutters, profiled at wallhead of SE elevation. Coped roughcast multi-flue stacks adjacent to principal ridge, rendered and lined multi-flue apex stack at W gable with ashlar ends, all with circular cans. Ashlar 4-flue wallhead stack, shouldered, with margins and circular cans.

Statement of Special Interest

The design and finishes of this little altered tenement suggests it was probably rebuilt by Robert Weir & Son, perhaps acting for the Campbeltown Building Company which was established in 1877 to relieve a housing shortage in the burgh. The 8-pane windows are unusual in having larger lower panes to the lower sashes. This building makes an important contribution to the townscape due to its prominent siting at the road junction, particularly when viewed from Main Street.

References

Bibliography

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

If part of a building is not listed, it will say that it is excluded in the statutory address and in the statement of special interest in the listed building record. The statement will use the word 'excluding' and quote the relevant section of the 1997 Act. Some earlier listed building records may use the word 'excluding', but if the Act is not quoted, the record has not been revised to reflect subsequent legislation.

Listed building consent is required for changes to a listed building which affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest. The relevant planning authority is the point of contact for applications for listed building consent.

Find out more about listing and our other designations at www.historicenvironment.scot/advice-and-support. You can contact us on 0131 668 8914 or at designations@hes.scot.