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Latitude: 55.9506 / 55°57'2"N
Longitude: -3.104 / 3°6'14"W
OS Eastings: 331157
OS Northings: 673615
OS Grid: NT311736
Mapcode National: GBR 2C.Y4M7
Mapcode Global: WH6SN.9P5K
Plus Code: 9C7RXV2W+6C
Entry Name: 2 James Street, Portobello, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 2 James Street with Boundary Walls
Listing Date: 12 December 1974
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 363718
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26854
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200363718
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: House
Possibly earlier 19th century with later additions and alterations. 2-storey, 4-bay square-plan classical house. Deeply channelled ashlar at ground floor, droved ashlar at 1st floor; snecked rubble side and rear elevations. Base course, band course, apron and cill course to 1st floor, cornice and blocking course.
SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: door in left-centre bay, with 2-pane rectangular plate glass fanlight and window at 1st floor above. Window to each floor of bays to right. Later full-height, ashlar canted window in bay to left.
NW ELEVATION: large stairwindow to centre, with relieving arch above; windows in flanking bays at 1st floor. Single storey piended extension.
8-paned timber sash and case windows, plate glass timber sash and case windows to canted window and 12-pane timber sash and case windows to rear. Piended grey slate roof. Wallhead, shouldered and corniced ashlar stacks to side elevations; small wallhead stack to left at rear.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.
BOUNDARY WALLS: droved ashlar with coping, formerly with cast-iron railings. Tall rubble garden wall to rear. Original cast-iron gateposts still in situ.
The property is not found on Wood's 1824 map, but appears on Sutter's 1856 map.
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