Aberdeenshire HER - NJ56NE0258 - 40-42 CHURCH STREET, PORTSOY

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ56NE0258
Name40-42 CHURCH STREET, PORTSOY
NMRS Card No.NJ56NE249
NMRS Numlink241807
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details House and shop, built in circa 1860 as one with Number 38 (NJ56NE0261), with later additions. It is a two-storey and dormerless attic, three-bay house with a shop in the ground floor. The building is constructed from coursed dark rubble, with contrasting tooled sandstone dressings and margins. The doorway to Number 40 is to the south, with the Number 42 doorway to the north having large flanking shop windows. The slate roof has a pottery ridge, later rooflights and a corniced and panelled end stack. There is a wing to the rear and a later single-storey harled garage projects at the north gable.
Last Update19/07/2023

National Grid Reference: NJ 5901 6612


Easting: 363780, Northing: 778100

CompilerNCA
Date of Compilation01/02/2017

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HOUSES  A100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category C

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Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Fordyce
Positional Accuracy Centred at
Buffer Zone 1-5m
Buffer Type Bespoke
Capture Scale 1:1 - 1:500
Spatial Feature Type Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints Privately owned, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude20
Geology 
Topography Moderate Slope
Aspect 1W
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Urban
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Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
19th Century B100 1905  
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) A100    

Period Notes

Period Notes Listed 22/02/1972. Built in circa 1860.

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