34 High Street (Dunbar)

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View along the high street. House number 34 is the three-story red sandstone building on the left.

A residential building is located at 34 High Street in the Scottish town of Dunbar in the East Lothian Council Area, Scotland . In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A.

history

The Earl of Lauderdale commissioned the building to be used as a hotel in the late 1780s. An alternative to the local St George Hotel should probably be established. Alexander Ponton was responsible for the design of the building, which began in 1788 and was completed in 1791 . The hotel operated under the name New Inn . It was used as a barracks during the First World War . There are no reliable facts about the history of use in the meantime. At least until 1929 there was military use under the name Castle Park Barracks or New Inn Barracks . Later the building served as a nursing home for the elderly.

description

The three story building is at the south end of High Street , the main street in Dunbar. It has an L-shaped floor plan. At the front, the masonry consists of red sandstone , which was cut into blocks and built into layered masonry . Otherwise rubble made of the same material was used. The east-facing front is five axes wide, on which twelve-part lattice windows with polished bezels are arranged. The facade, redesigned in the early 19th century, ends with a simple eaves . In the center emerges a small portico with Doric columns and serrated and profiled cornices . The double-winged, wooden entrance door closes with an unadorned combatant window . At the right corner of the building there is a carriage driveway with a squat segment arch .

The rear wing is flatter and four axes wide along the inside. The entrance door is on the first axis. The buildings close with slate roofs with gable-top chimneys.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on 34 High Street  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 56 ° 0 ′ 3.7 "  N , 2 ° 30 ′ 55.4"  W.