11 King Street

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11 King Street

Image: © Thomas Nugent Taken: 16 Mar 2013

One of the oldest surviving buildings in the town centre. Number 11 (actually numbered 11 and a half) was built in 1758 and served as the town hall for a period. It has an arched pend leading to a small courtyard/garden at the rear. The building is currently home to Port Glasgow Old People's Welfare Council. The building and its neighbour at number 9 are described by the British Listed Buildings website http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-40076-king-george-v1-club-old-peoples-welfare-c as follows... "2-storey rubble, part stuccoed later: main part 7-windows with quoins margins and eaves cornice: segmental pend arch with in and out voussoirs; 5-window S. section with triple keystones and skewputts. Mid 18th cent."

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.933983
Longitude
-4.688897