19 Newton Street, Blairgowrie

17 Newton Street in Blairgowrie is a pair of mid-19th century, two-storey, three-bay gabled houses featuring original porches. The buildings are constructed of harl and squared rubble, with some brick used in No 17 and dry-dash on No 19, both having stone cills and a base course.

The southwest (principal) elevation is symmetrical. No 19 has a broad, advanced gable to the right of centre, which includes a canted window at the ground floor and a single window at the first floor. To the left, there is a re-entrant angle with a decorative, finialled gabled timber porch that has a panelled timber door, a fanlight, narrow flanking lights, and a transomed bipartite window on the return to the left. There is also a single window in the bay to the left and another window breaking the eaves into a dormerhead at the centre above. No 17 mirrors this design but features a small cast-iron fanlight to the left of the dormer window.

The southeast (George Street) elevation of No 19 has windows in the outer bays on each floor, with the first-floor windows breaking the eaves into dormerheads. A shaped chimney breast projects immediately to the right of the left bay. The northwest elevation of No 17 has a window in each floor of the bay to the left of centre, with the first-floor window breaking the eaves into a dormerhead. There is a small projecting gable to the outer left with a door and a first-floor window on the return to the right. The northeast (rear) elevation has asymmetrical fenestration due to alterations.

The houses feature 4-, 6-, and 12-pane glazing patterns in timber sash and case windows, except for the first-floor southeast and rear elevations, which have out-of-character glazing. The porches have leaded, margined glazing with coloured details. The roofs are covered with grey slates, with a diamond pattern on the porches. The chimneys are coped and harled with cans. The eaves are overhanging with plain bargeboarding.

Inside No 19, there is some decorative plasterwork, working timber shutters, and brass sash lifts. It also includes a screen door with etched glass and a two-part fanlight. No 17 was not seen in 2002.

The boundary walls consist of low semicircular-coped squared rubble and harl, with inset decorative cast-iron railings and gates.