Building record MAB14071 - OLD STAR INN, N HIGH STREET, PORTSOY
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Summary
Old Star Inn, now in residential use.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (A) 40268
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 5888 6622 (17m by 19m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ56NE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Fordyce |
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Old Star Inn, now in residential use. It is now a large two-storey L-plan structure, partially dating from the later 18th century. The north-east gable skewputt is dated 1727 and the north-west skewputt is incised with faint and indecipherable initials, probably those of the builder. It comprises a three-storey with dormerless attic, 8-bay street frontage and later 18th century tall two-storey and dormerless attic rear wing over a raised basement. The building is harled with tooled ashlar margins and dressings, and has flat skews with shaped and run-off skewputts, masonry end stacks with renewed copes, and a steeply pitched slate roofs with a sandstone ridge. The earlier part of the building is noteworthy for its pend, chamfered dressings and railed forestair.
Period Notes
Dated 1727 on skew; converted to flats.
TRANTER, N, 1974, NE SHIRES BANFF, MORAY & NAIRN, 64 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1920.
SDD, n.d., BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST, PORTSOY BURGH 26 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1827.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HES Listed Building Number: 40268;
- NMR Card Number: NJ56NE23;
- NRHE Numlink: 76011;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ56NE0025;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB40268 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/76011 (trove.scot link)
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Record last edited
Mar 12 2018 3:09PM
