28 Brown Street, Blairgowrie

Circa 1830, possibly with mid to later 19th century addition to rear. 2-storey, 3-bay house with fine banking hall (later). Coursed, squared rubble with stone cills, rubble to sides and rear. Base and eaves courses.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Centre bay at ground with moulded doorway, panelled timber door and plate glass fanlight, windows in flanking bays and regular fenestration to 1st floor; 2 modern rooflights above.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: full-width lower piend-roofed extension/wing? with modern glazed door to left and further harled piend-roofed projection (former ancillary) at right.

SE AND NW ELEVATIONS: blank gabled elevations with garages abutting at ground.

Out-of-character PVCu glazing. Grey slates. Coped ashlar stacks with thackstanes and some cans; ashlar-coped skews with block skewputts.

INTERIOR: rare retention of largely intact banking hall (see Notes) with decorative plasterwork cornices and centre rose; vertically-panelled walls with fine carved wood-effect Lincrusta dado depicting variety of insects, birds and flowers; stencilled panels to doors and soffits. Timber fire surround (not original) with flanking wall cupboards, that to left lined with shelves and pigeon holes, that to right with strong room. Decorative cast-iron inlet vent to air conditioning system and push-buttons for communication system.