1-6 Speyside House, 27 The Square, Grantown-On-Spey is a Grade A listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Former orphanage.
1-6 Speyside House, 27 The Square, Grantown-On-Spey
- WRENN ID
- strange-timber-merlin
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1971
- Type
- Former orphanage
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
- W facing symmetrical classical 2-storey, 5-bay
facade Grey granite ashlar front and return gables, harled
rear with ashlar margins. Advanced centre bay forming square
tower rising above eaves in 2 stages. Boldly rusticated
doorpiece; fanlight with radial glazing, later double-leaf
panelled door. Centre 1st floor Venetian window with
intersecting glazing; tripartite in square stage above,
which supports octagonal drum clock tower with domed leaded
roof, finial and weathervane, windows and clock faces in
alternate facets (clock face missing rear); Stumpy granite
urns at each angle of square tower flank base of octagon.
Mainly 12-pane glazing, lying-pane glazing in octagon windows;
moulded eaves cornices; coped rear wallhead stacks;
piended slate roof. Substantial later 2-storey, 4-bay rear
wing; 4-pane glazing to windows.
Interior; little survives of interest except clock, said
to date from 1824 and to be by a Forres clockmaker.
In full working order.
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