Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

FAIRFIELD PLACE, WEST SIDELB50030

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
C
Date Added
14/12/2004
Local Authority
Dumfries And Galloway
Planning Authority
Dumfries And Galloway
Burgh
Annan
NGR
NY 19302 66630
Coordinates
319302, 566630

Description

Early-mid 19th century with later alterations. 2-storey, 14-bay terrace of former houses. Squared, tooled, roughly-coursed orange sandstone with droved sandstone ashlar dressings; some brick repairs. Long and short quoins; raised margins to most windows and doors. Fairly regularly-spaced doors and windows at ground with some later alterations: later brick outshot in 2nd bay from left; Victorian decorative timber panelled door in 4th bay; 1920s half-glazed timber-boarded door in 5th bay; timber boarded door in 7th bay; 3 timber-boarded sliding doors to end 3 bays. Fairly regular fenestration to upper floor with bipartite window in 7th bay. Probably later, blocked-up window at 1st floor of N gable. Unfenestrated W elevation (see Notes).

12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. 3 rendered chimney stacks with thack-stanes. Small graded grey slates with grey ridge tiles.

Statement of Special Interest

Fairfield Place was formerly called Hares Den. An untouched terrace in a secluded close behind 64 High Street (listed separately). It was probably built as artisan housing and the later alterations to form workshops are indicative of a slow slide down the social scale. A survival like this is rare, and it forms an important part of Annan's history. Although the terrace presents a unified appearance, closer inspection of the building reveals that it was built in several stages. For example, the house at No 2 (bays 4-6 from left) has separate quoins which do not join not key in to the adjacent buildings (especially on the right-hand side). This house was evidently originally 3 bays: the door in the 6th bay (of the terrace) has been inserted into a window opening. There used to be another (probably similar) terrace behind this one in Hays Place, with a roughly 18 inch gap between the two. The rear wall of this other terrace is partially still standing, but the rest has been demolished.

References

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Appears on 1st, 2nd & 3rd edition OS maps (1861, 1900, 1926).

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

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