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Latitude: 55.9678 / 55°58'4"N
Longitude: -3.1738 / 3°10'25"W
OS Eastings: 326828
OS Northings: 675604
OS Grid: NT268756
Mapcode National: GBR 8S8.L5
Mapcode Global: WH6SM.68X9
Plus Code: 9C7RXR9G+4F
Entry Name: Community Centre, 165 Leith Walk, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 165 Leith Walk, Community Centre
Listing Date: 13 March 1995
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 363641
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26807
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200363641
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Leith Walk
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Dated 1938, 2-storey, 6-bay austere Modern Movement, symmetrical, community centre building with 4-bay returns. Rectangular plan with polished ashlar sandstone frontage to Leith Walk and cement rendered side elevations. Cill course at ground floor continued around to side elevations, cornice at roof level, returned short of elevation ends.
Parapet above cornice with advanced ends and raised table at centre. 2-storey window openings in each bay, timber diamond and string course decoration over ground floor windows, square panels above between floors with ventilation holes at centre, profiled timber sills below 1st floor windows. Pilasters between with plain capitals, wider ends framing facade with band course at top. Additional string course frame to fenestration. Entrance doors at bay 1, N elevation, and bay 2, S elevation, the latter with heavy lintel and keystone.
4-pane timber windows to ground floor, 2-pane to 1st floor, all with border glazing.
This building was probably designed by E J MacRae, as his plans of 1936 show this building extended by 2 bays to the S as part of the development for the tramway depot which included the building at 3-5 Smith?s Place. This building is good quality for its type, and is significant for its part in maintaining the streetline.
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