Building record MAB30270 - 2-4 THREADNEEDLE STREET, PETERHEAD

A pair of 2-storey 3-window house units with coped chimneys, dating to circa 1800.

A pair of 2-storey 3-window house units with coped chimneys, dating to circa 1800. A watching brief was carried out by AOC in September 2008 during the removal of Japanese Knotweed behind these buildings. Remnants of stone walls, brick floor surfaces and cobbled surfaces were recorded. These outbuilding remains were associated with the development of garden backlands during the mid 19th century. A watching brief was carried out over the excavation of trial pits within these buildings by AOC in September 2009. Two pits were dug but no earlier floor or occupation deposits were found in either test pit. However a large pit containing a small amount of glass, bone and a single 17th century pottery sherd was located at the front of the building. Historic building recording carried out by NTS in 2010. The survey revealed that Nos. 2 and 4 Threadneedle Street clearly form part of a unified terrace of classically proportioned yet simply detailed two storey cottages. This building form is typical of burgh architecture in the second half of the eighteenth century and presents a pleasingly harmonious street elevation. The Threadneedle Street properties appear not to have suffered from any significant alterations which would have manifest themselves in the door and window openings of the street elevations. Instead historic modifications appear to have been confined to minor additions to the rear elevation in the form of outshots and stairs. These alterations were most likely associated with changes in tenures as indicated in the census records and would undoubtedly have entailed modifications to internal layouts as well. Unfortunately any evidence of internal alteration has been completely eradicated when the properties were systematically upgraded in the 1980s. These works involved the stripping away of all internal fabric to bare stone walls and their replacement with a new steel structure, internal partitions, floors, and roofs. As part of these works, most of the rear elevation was also taken down and replaced with concrete blockwork. These buildings have now undergone restoration as part of the National Trust's 'Little Houses' scheme, in association with the Peterhead CARS, and have been brought back into residential use.

NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND, 2010, 2-4 THREADNEEDLE ST & 32, 34-36 ST ANDREW ST: HISTORIC BUILDING RECORDING (Bibliographic reference). SAB1323.

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Aug 30 2022 4:51PM