71-75 High Street (Dunbar)

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View along the high street. The house numbers 71-75 are the red and brown buildings in front of the tower.

At 71-75 High Street in the Scottish city ​​of Dunbar in the Scottish Council Area East Lothian there are three residential and commercial buildings. House number 71 was added to the Scottish List of Monuments in 1971 in Category C. Numbers 73–75 are independently classified as category B monuments. All buildings together are part of a category B monument ensemble, which also includes other buildings in the area. The enclosed inner courtyard with its buildings is classified as a monument of the highest category A. The buildings were built between the 17th century and the later 18th century.

description

The buildings are right on the High Street , the main street in Dunbar, between the junctions of Cossars Wynd and Silver Street . The three-story building number 71 dates from the mid-18th century. The west-exposed front is two axes wide. Embossed stone blocks form the rusticated facade. A shop is set up on the ground floor, the wooden front section with an unadorned shop window dating from the early 20th century. Faschen frame the windows on the upper floors. The final gable roof is covered with slate. The dormers are more recent.

At the rear, building number 73 is adjacent to house number 71. It has an L-shaped floor plan with two outgoing wings of different heights. The facades of the three-story building are partially plastered with Harl . They are constructed asymmetrically.

The three-story residential building with number 75 dates from the mid-18th century. There is a restaurant on the ground floor called the Black Bull Inn . Two windows flank the central entrance door. On the right is the passage to the inner courtyard. Windows with flat panes are installed on the first floor, and twelve-part lattice windows on the second floor . The two dormer windows date from 1897.

Individual evidence

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

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Coordinates: 56 ° 0 ′ 7.1 ″  N , 2 ° 30 ′ 55.2 ″  W.