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South Esk Street, MONTROSE, DD10 8BJ

Built in 1850, this delightful building is listed, category C(S) and details are at: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-38166-14-south-esk-street-former-melville-missi#.V4IKtTU5t8E Some of the information therein is at odds with the Places of Worship in Scotland website at: http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/9466/name/Melville+Mission+Hall%2C+Montrose+Montrose+Tayside

Doorway detail of this delightful building is listed, category C(S) and details are at: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-38166-14-south-esk-street-former-melville-missi#.V4IKtTU5t8E Some of the information therein is at odds with the Places of Worship in Scotland website at: http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/9466/name/Melville+Mission+Hall%2C+Montrose+Montrose+Tayside

Judging by the windows in this first- and second-floor, No 18 consists of two two-storey dwellings, both accessed by the black door below the panel with the circular feature. For a short time around 1881, one of the two was the home of John William Fenton (1828-1890), who became an Army bandmaster, was posted with his regiment to Japan in 1868. He was asked by Japanese naval bandsmen to teach them, and a year or so later composed the first version of the tune for the Japanese national anthem, 'Kimi ga Yo', based on a Japanese poem selected for the purpose by Captain Ōyama Iwao. When his regiment left Japan in 1871, Fenton stayed on for a further six years as instructor to the bands of the Japanese Navy and later the Imperial Court.

The George Hotel, at the corner of George Street and Baltic Street, is No 22, and the blue shop front belongs to No 20. The black door is the access to No 18.

The red shop front is 16 George Street, and above it is part of 18 George Street, which is reached through the black door to the left of No 16.

This stands on the corner of George Street and Bow Butts.

At the south end of the High Street

Also known as St Andrew's Church and as St George's and Trinity Church, the church was built in 1844, very soon after the Great Disruption in 1843, and was designed by local architect William Middleton. In 1896 it was added to by the firm of Matthews and Mackenzie of Aberdeen and Elgin. It stands at the intersection of George Street and Baltic Street, is now in use as 'Cheeky Monkeys' children's nursery.

The message on the blackboard on the street elevation is self-explanatory.

Bow Butts is the street to the right of the building here, and to the left is Baltic Street. The dark plaque above the shop front is the street sign bearing the name 'Bow Butts'. The polished granite panel above this and below the circular window tells that this was St George's Free Church Hall, dating from 1885. It now houses, on the ground floor, the David McNairn Black Belt Academy.