Forfar, 20 Little Causeway
Building (18th Century)
Site Name Forfar, 20 Little Causeway
Classification Building (18th Century)
Canmore ID 222510
Site Number NO45SE 268
NGR NO 45495 50537
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/222510
- Council Angus
- Parish Forfar
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
Publication Account (2000)
To the rear of West High Street, and possibly once joined to the High Street, forming one large, open thoroughfare, is one of the most attractive parts of old Forfar, Little Causeway figure 12. Still cobbled and now pedestrianised, the properties here are, in the main, attractive seventeenth- and eighteenth-century buildings and as a group are a strong reminder of eighteenth-century Forfar. 4 & 5 Little Causeway figure 12, sometimes called 'The Friarage', is of seventeenth-century origin. A three-storeyed L-plan, with harling and glazing partly diamond paned, it is said to have been a brandy house. Next door, 6 Little Causeway figure 12 has lost some of its character by the removal of its eighteenth-century forestair, to insert a garage. 8 Little Causeway is a very attractive large, two-storeyed and basement property, with a doorpiece with a lugged architrave and fanlight and double stair to it. A pend with channelled Roman doric pilasters stands at its west side. This is a fine example of eighteenth-century quality building that was to be found in the town. Next door, 9 Little Causeway also dates from the eighteenth century, but is a plainer building, somewhat altered by modern windows. 11 Little Causeway and 14 Little Causeway are of similar date, being late eighteenth century. Plain, two-storeyed buildings, no 11 has altered fenestration. 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24 Little Causeway are all two-storeyed, eighteenth century dwelling houses. As a group, they form an attractive setting. In spite of a modern tile roof on one property and some inappropriate glazing here and there, they retain their attractive eighteenth-century construction of stucco and rubble and stone, and slate roofs.
Information from ‘Historic Forfar: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (2000).