38 High Street, Fort William

Circa 1860, 3-storey corner building with 2-bay elevation to

High Street and 5-bay facade fronting Cameron Square; bowed

angle bay with entrance. All polished ashlar.

Angle entrance served by steps (owing to sloping site);

doorway flanked by engaged Roman Doric polished granite

columns supporting shallow projecting 1st floor balcony with

cast-iron balustrade. Slightly advanced pedimented centre bay

in Cameron Square (west) facade with pedimented and

pilastered centre entrance, now blocked as bipartite; all

ground floor windows also bipartites. Continuous cornice over

ground floor linking doorpiece details. Moulded architraves

and cill bands to 1st and 2nd floor windows; 1st floor

windows have bracketted pediments, segmental above each

entrance. 2-pane glazing to all windows (except modern

glazing to slightly altered ground floor window in extreme

right (south west) Cameron Square.

Blocking course raised above curved angle with console

supports; moulded eaves cornice, corniced ridge and end

stacks; piended slate roof.