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Latitude: 55.953 / 55°57'10"N
Longitude: -3.1135 / 3°6'48"W
OS Eastings: 330564
OS Northings: 673888
OS Grid: NT305738
Mapcode National: GBR 2C.XVX4
Mapcode Global: WH6SN.4MMQ
Plus Code: 9C7RXV3P+5H
Entry Name: 5 Bath Street, Portobello, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 5 and 7 Bath Street
Listing Date: 4 September 1995
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 363452
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26728
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200363452
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Building
Early 19th century, with later additions and alterations (later additions to rear). 2-storey, 4-bay pair of terraced houses with shop front to W corner, ground, No 5. Finely droved ashlar, polished ashlar doorpieces and dressings, wooden canted window to No 7; harled SW elevation; painted and harled to rear, harled extension. Base course, cill course to 1st floor, mutuled cornice, blocking course; band course to canted window.
NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: modern panelled doors grouped closely at centre, rectangular plate glass fanlights above, moulded architrave doorpiece with cornice; windows at 1st floor. Window to 1st floor of bay to right, shop front to ground; full-height canted window in bay to left. Shop front with dentilled cornice and clasping corner pilaster.
SE (REAR) ELEVATION: 2-storey extension to centre bays.
Plate glass timber sash and case windows. Cast-iron window guards still in place to No 5. Grey slate roof, now modern at No 7. Harled gable end stack at No 5; rendered mutual stack to left.
INTERIORS: not seen, 1994.
The lisitng includes No 5A Bath Street. These are part of a broader terrace, dating from before 1824. The extension to the rear dates from before 1856. Wood's map, 1824 does not show the division of the properties.
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