A compact mid-Victorian house with traceried bargeboards preserves the domestic scale of a building once used as a bank.
Quick facts
- Date
- Circa 1860
- Architect / designer
- Designer not recorded
- Type
- Two-storey Tudor-style house with gables, walls and gates
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB3274)
- OS grid reference
- NJ 57561 15938
Architecture and continuing use
The two-storey front is arranged in three bays. Tripartite windows occupy the ends, with timber mullions at first-floor level, while a central porch establishes the entrance. Two large gables and a smaller central gablet carry traceried bargeboards, giving the house a Tudor character. Boundary walls and gates extend the composition to Bank Brae.
Its story
Correen was built around 1860, when the railway and agricultural economy were reshaping Alford. At some stage the building served as a bank, placing a formal financial use within a house-like exterior. The designation preserves both the building and its enclosing walls and gates, but the accessible records do not establish the sequence or duration of banking use.
Why it is included
It represents the domestic and commercial side of Victorian Alford, contrasting with the larger church, estate and auction-mart buildings.
What to notice
- Traceried timber bargeboards on the gables.
- Tripartite end windows and their mullions.
- The relationship between house, walls and entrance gates.
Reading the surroundings
Treat Correen and its grounds as private. View from public space without entering gates, approaching windows or photographing residents at close range.
Timeline
- Circa 1860 Correen was built with Tudor-style gables on Bank Brae.
- 19th or 20th century The building accommodated a bank while retaining a domestic-scale exterior.
- 1971 The house, walls and gates were added to the national list.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
No architect, precise construction year or verified present use appears in the accessible official evidence.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Correen, LB3274 — Current designation status, statutory identity, official mapped point, date, fabric and significance.
- Trove: Alford — National inventory context for Alford, mapped nearby designations and archive material relating to the surrounding landscape.
- Trove: Correen — National heritage inventory entry for designation identity, mapped location, related records and available archive material.
- Alford Heritage Museum: visitor and collection information — Current museum evidence for public operation in 2026, the surviving sale ring, displays, address and visitor arrangements.
Location
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