10 Merchant Street, Peterhead

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10 Merchant Street
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10 Merchant Street, Peterhead
General information
Town or city Peterhead
CountryScotland
Coordinates 57°30′15″N1°46′40″W / 57.504295°N 1.777847°W / 57.504295; -1.777847 Coordinates: 57°30′15″N1°46′40″W / 57.504295°N 1.777847°W / 57.504295; -1.777847
Completedc. 1800
OwnerWaverley Hotel Ltd.
Technical details
Floor count3 (plus a basement) [1]

10 Merchant Street is a Category B listed building in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Dating to around 1800, [1] the building, which stands at the corner of Merchant and St Andrew Streets, became the ten-room Waverley Hotel in 1886. It was originally the Royal Hotel. [1] [2] [3] It is constructed of ashlar stone. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 WAVERLEY HOTEL 10 MERCHANT STREET - Historic Environment Scotland
  2. A History of Peterhead (James Findlay, 1933), p. 205
  3. Old Peterhead (Robert Neish, 1950), p. 139