Tower Gardens, 9, Tower Street, Tain

3 storeys, 3 wide bays. Rubble, tooled dressings. Centre door with panelled double leafed doors; tripartites to ground floor (left) and 3 1st floor windows, linked by cill band; 3 flat-headed dormers raised through wallhead; 8 and 16-pane glazing; end stacks; slate roof. Interior: some panelling and panelled window shutters. Low rubble coped retaining wall with spearhead cast-iron railing. Square channelled ashlar gate piers.

Appears as Bank on 1872 OS. Now solicitors' and architects' office. Unfortunate modern window insertions to ground floor. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)

4 October 2013: External inspection finds the building in overall fair condition but disused. The roof has been recently replaced. Pointing is poor in large areas and rising damp is evident. Railings have been broken in several places and building materials are lying within the garden area. Listed Building Consent for roof repairs with replacement slates and temporary removal of a section of boundary railings for the placement of skip (in retrospect) was conditionally granted Apr 2011 ref:11/00420/LBC . Full Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for change of use from offices to residential use with alterations were conditionally granted May/ Apr 2011 ref: 11/00777/FUL & 11/00782/LBC . Papers within the 2011 applications note the property had been marketed for sale for some time since its use as a solicitior's office had ceased.

29 November 2018: External inspection finds the property remains in much the same condition as seen previously and remains disused.

15 February 2024: Desk-based assessment suggests the building remains disused.