A compact corner building shows how a house was adapted to the commercial street.
Quick facts
- Date
- Mid nineteenth century; Edwardian shopfront
- Architect / designer
- Architect not established
- Type
- House with shopfront
- OS grid reference
- NS 20233 59407
The building and its setting
Two main storeys and an attic rise above a shopfront. Curved corner bays soften the turn, while pilasters divide the upper windows. A cornice, dormer and slate roof keep the upper elevation visually separate from the display frontage below.
Its story
The national archive classifies the building as a mid-nineteenth-century house. The listing identifies an Edwardian shopfront and records a further glazing change in 1982. These successive layers make it useful evidence for adaptation on Main Street.
Why it is included
Includes the everyday scale of shops, homes and changing frontages.
What to look for
- The curved upper corner
- The relationship of shop fascia to upper-storey pilasters
Reading the surroundings
View from public streets and use safe crossings. Interior access depends on the occupier’s current arrangements.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The sources establish the building’s age range and recorded alterations, but not its original architect, complete ownership history or current occupier.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: LB37180 — Designation, location and architectural description; older observations are not a current condition survey.
- Trove: 21 Main Street — House classification, date range and matching national-grid location.
Location
OS grid reference NS 20233 59407 · Location confidence: HES national-grid point converted to WGS84; approximate building location, not an entrance or statutory boundary. · Select the marker to open its satellite view in Google Maps. On desktop, drag Pegman (the yellow figure) onto a blue road. On mobile, turn on the Street View layer and tap a blue road. Other photo markers may be user-contributed.
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