Post Office (Former), 16-18, Carmelite Street, Banff

2-storey, 6-bay former police station; regular 5-bay frontage with left (E) bay slightly set back; grey granite ashlar. Centre door flanked by round-headed windows, outer W bay as round-headed pend closed by double leaf plank door; outer right answering bay as slightly recessed arcade with window. Regular 1st floor fenestration; 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Quoins, wallhead cornice and blocking course raised in centre to principal 5-bay facade; slate roof. Set back at E return gable round-headed entrance with cast-iron spearhead double gates; re-set plaque above dated 1675. REAR: 2-storey and attic, 2-bay residential wing; harled with ashlar margins. Circa 1900 glazed entrance porch enriched with Art Nouveau coloured lights. Single flanking window, single lst floor and canted dormer; 4- and 12-pane glazing. Corniced stacks; slate roof. Long single storey and attic store with entrance, small lst floor windows, centre ridge stack and slate roof extends at rear.

Plaque re-set from 'Saunders Heritage'; dated 1675 and initialled IG IS. (Historic Scotland)

June 2010: Local planners nominate the building for inclusion on the Register. The property is split into residential and commercial uses. Both are standing vacant at the moment having changed hands recently. Work is required to the roof to stop water ingress.

October 2010: External inspection finds a fine building bit that is unfortunately empty. It is suffering from leaking drainage problems as well as structural deficiencies.

23 October 2013: External inspection finds the ground floor retail unit back in use. The upper floor remains disused and the leaking gutters have not been dealt with.