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Banff, 16-18 Carmelite Street, Graham (Banff) Ltd
Police Station (19th Century), Shop (Period Unknown)
Site Name Banff, 16-18 Carmelite Street, Graham (Banff) Ltd
Classification Police Station (19th Century), Shop (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Police Station
Canmore ID 185894
Site Number NJ66SE 230
NGR NJ 69031 63982
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/185894
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Banff
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Banffshire
2-storey, 6-bay former police station; regular 5-bay frontage with left (E) bay slightly set back; grey granite ashlar. Centre door flanked by round-headed windows, outer W bay as round-headed pend closed by double leaf plank door; outer right answering bay as slightly recessed arcade with window. Regular 1st floor fenestration; 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Quoins, wallhead cornice and blocking course raised in centre to principal 5-bay facade; slate roof. Set back at E return gable round-headed entrance with cast-iron spearhead double gates; re-set plaque above dated 1675. REAR: 2-storey and attic, 2-bay residential wing; harled with ashlar margins. Circa 1900 glazed entrance porch enriched with Art Nouveau coloured lights. Single flanking window, single lst floor and canted dormer; 4- and 12-pane glazing. Corniced stacks; slate roof. Long single storey and attic store with entrance, small lst floor windows, centre ridge stack and slate roof extends at rear.
Plaque re-set from 'Saunders Heritage'; dated 1675 and initialled IG IS. (Historic Scotland)
