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31 Bellfield Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9523 / 55°57'8"N

Longitude: -3.1075 / 3°6'27"W

OS Eastings: 330938

OS Northings: 673811

OS Grid: NT309738

Mapcode National: GBR 2C.XXHG

Mapcode Global: WH6SN.7NG6

Plus Code: 9C7RXV2R+WX

Entry Name: 31 Bellfield Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 31 Bellfield Street

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 363534

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26749

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200363534

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Early 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay house at end of terrace; rectangular-plan with extension to rear. Finely droved ashlar; harled blank side elevation. Base course, cill course to 1st floor, cornice and blocking course.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: regularly disposed bays; windows to each floor of bay to centre and to left. Stylised fielded panel door in semicircular recess in bay to right; fluted ingoes; broad semicircular radial fanlight spanning door and flanking pilasters, also recessed; window at 1st floor above.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: pre-1856 projection at bay to right.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof with platform at apex lit by cupola; coped skews and apex stacks.

INTERIOR: exceptionally high quality decorative plasterwork throughout, including gothic fan-vaulting to entrance hall, bosses and ribs to cupola, cornices, roses and overdoors to principal rooms; white marble drawing room chimneypiece with carved floral details and incised anthemions; original grate fittings; black marble dining room chimneypiece.

BOUNDARY WALLS: droved ashlar with coping.

Statement of Interest

Upon stylistic grounds one may assume that the plasterwork dates from a later date than the house itself.

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