Nos. 90, 92 and 94 (Former Guildry Buildings), High Street, Arbroath is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 October 1971. Guild hall.

Nos. 90, 92 and 94 (Former Guildry Buildings), High Street, Arbroath

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 October 1971
Type
Guild hall
OS grid reference
NO 643 409
Coordinates
56.55884, -2.5819
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Nos. 90, 92, and 94 on High Street in Arbroath are former guildry buildings designed by William Scott and constructed between 1880 and 1881. This three-storey, three-bay building features a symmetrical Renaissance style, constructed from ashlar stone with channelled quoins and scrolled, bracketed cills. The first floor has round arched tripartite windows with pilastered and keystoned surrounds, while the second floor displays shallow arched tripartite windows. A deep modillioned cornice crowns the structure, and a parapet is adorned with a carved wheel motif and a triangular pediment at the center, which includes a round window.

The central entrance is framed by a pilastered and corniced doorpiece that incorporates a shell niche with a bust above the door keystone. A central round arched window on the first floor is flanked by channelled pilasters that support a carved semi-circular pediment. Above this window is a shallow arched niche featuring a figurative sculpture of the Arbroath Guildry Incorporation crest, along with the inscription 'Founded A.D. 1725 Rebuilt 1881'. The ground floor has been altered for shops on either side of the entrance door.

The building has timber sash and case windows with plate glass, and it features corniced ashlar stacks with clay cans.

Inside, as of 2014, the interior has been modified for use as a courthouse, which includes witness accommodation and a jury room. The first floor, originally the guildry meeting room and now a courtroom, has a decorative coombed plaster ceiling that was substantially repaired around 2000. The interior also includes timber panelled window architraves, panelled timber doors, and a curved stone staircase at the rear.

Local climate

Nos. 90, 92 and 94 (Former Guildry Buildings), High Street, Arbroath sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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