49 Princes Street

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49 Princes Street

A commercial building can be found at 49 Princes Street in the Scottish city ​​of Port Glasgow in Inverclyde . In 1979 the structure was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in Category B along with the adjacent 65 Church Street building .

description

It is the corner house between Princes Street and Church Street in the center of Port Glasgow, which the Royal Bank of Scotland uses. Directly to the southwest is St Andrew's Church, which is also listed . The architects of the building erected in the last quarter of the 19th century are not known. The three-story building was built from ashlar in layered masonry. The facade along Princes Street is symmetrical with a central entrance and windows on three vertical axes. One with foliage motifs and the monogram RBS ornamented gable segment on corbels with lion motif crowned by Blend pillars flanked the door. The windows of the ground floor and the first floor are designed with cornices on corbels. The interior is modern. The building ends with a slate-covered hip roof . Together with the 65 Church Street building, four window axes run along Church Street. This building is much simpler. The entrance door has a cornice and the facades are plastered.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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Coordinates: 55 ° 56 ′ 3.5 ″  N , 4 ° 41 ′ 25.1 ″  W.