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3, 5 Smith's Place, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9676 / 55°58'3"N

Longitude: -3.1738 / 3°10'25"W

OS Eastings: 326830

OS Northings: 675571

OS Grid: NT268755

Mapcode National: GBR 8S8.M9

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.68YJ

Plus Code: 9C7RXR9G+2F

Entry Name: 3, 5 Smith's Place, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 3 and 5 Smith's Place

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 363747

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26871

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200363747

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Leith Walk

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Architectural structure Office building

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Description

E J MacRae, 1936. 2 storeys over raised basement, 6-bay symmetrical classical terraced office, matching neighbouring houses. Polished sandstone ashlar frontage, droved at basement and 1st floor, channelled rustication to principal floor with voussoirs over windows, band course above, cornice and blocking course at eaves. Doors to basement at 1st and 6th bays.

12-pane timber sash and case windows, plate glass upper sashes in 4th bay. Plate glass fanlights over basement doors. Grey slate roof, cast-iron downpipes. Mutual rubble stack to W with circular cans.

Coped, coursed rubble wall to street, surmounted with modern wrought- iron railing, original gate with arrowhead finials. Police box at pavement to left of gate.

Statement of Interest

The erection of this building made possible a belated completion of Smith?s Place and provided offices for the Edinburgh Corporation tramway depot. Despite its comparatively recent construction, it is expertly matched to the neighbouring buildings, its unusual origins only being evident from the lack of an entrance door at the principal floor. A-Group with 1-19 Smith?s Place, 169-177 Leith Walk and 185-193 Leith Walk.

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