Description
Mid 19th century. Terrace of 2-storey, 2-bay, rectangular-plan, gabled houses. Panelled doors with large carved roundels to centre. Coursed Caithness stone slabs. Regular fenestration, irregular to rear.
NO 7: NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: door to right, letterbox fanlight; rooflight to right.
NO 8: NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: door to right, letterbox fanlight; modern box dormer to right.
NO 9: NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: modern panelled door to left, letterbox fanlight; concrete tiles.
NO 10: NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: door to left, letterbox fanlight; small rooflight to left.
INTERIORS: not seen 2001.
Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slates. Coped gable stacks; cast-iron rainwater goods.
Statement of Special Interest
The A-Group for Upper Pulteneytown comprises: 1,2; 4,5,6; 11,12,13,14,15,17,18; 20,22; 30,31,33; 35-41,43,44,45,46,48,49; 51-55,57-59; 62,63 Argyle Square; 65 Argyle Square and 1 Grant Street; Pulteneytown Parish Church, Argyle Square; 1; 4,6; 8,9; 10,11,12,13; 14,15,16,17,18 Breadalbane Crescent; 1,2,3; 5,6; 12,13; 15; 17,18,19; 22,23,24,25; 26,27; 28,29; 31; 32; 37,38; 41; 42; 46; 47; 48,49 Breadalbane Terrace; 3,5; 8,10 Dempster Street; Wick Central Church of Scotland, Dempster Street; 7,9; 11 Malcolm Street; 1,2; 3,4,5,6; 7,8,9,10; 13; 15,16; 17; 18; 20 Sinclair Terrace. The Group listing is in recognition of the exceptional group value of these buildings as the core of Thomas Telford's 1809 scheme for the new town plan of Pulteneytown for the British Fisheries Society. For further information see separate listing for 1,2 Argyle Square.