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Dunblane, 61 High Street

Cottage (18th Century)

Site Name Dunblane, 61 High Street

Classification Cottage (18th Century)

Canmore ID 226370

Site Number NN70SE 133

NGR NN 78170 01229

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Stirling
  • Parish Dunblane And Lecropt
  • Former Region Central
  • Former District Stirling
  • Former County Perthshire

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Publication Account (1997)

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the High Street was widened, many of the traditional single-storeyed thatched cottages of the 'but and hen' type were replaced, while others were extended a storey in height. Unfortunately, in many instances alterations have been made to the frontages which have all but obliterated the original architecture. The earliest example of cottage architecture on the High Street is nos 22- 24 which dates to 1725 and has the remains of an unusual mason's insignia on a plaque above the doorway. Nos 85- 89, and 91- 95 are mid to late eighteenth-century examples of traditional High Street frontages. A carved S pediment at gutter level serves to date nos 16- 20 to 1756. While nos 9, 11, 13, 108- 112 and 114- 116 date to the early nineteenth century, their construction is similar to their eighteenth-century counterparts. Another early nineteenth-century construction is no 61, which extends westwards down Millrow. A classic example of simple late-Victorian architecture is provided by nos 58, 60, and 62. All these High Street premises offer an insight into life in Dunblane in the past centuries, in spite of the present deterioration of the southern part of High Street.

Information from ‘Historic Dunblane: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1997).

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