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9 James Street, Portobello, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9511 / 55°57'3"N

Longitude: -3.1036 / 3°6'12"W

OS Eastings: 331184

OS Northings: 673668

OS Grid: NT311736

Mapcode National: GBR 2C.Y4QC

Mapcode Global: WH6SN.9PC5

Plus Code: 9C7RXV2W+CH

Entry Name: 9 James Street, Portobello, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 9 and 10 James Street with Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 14 March 1989

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 363782

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26892

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200363782

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Terrace house

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Description

Earlier to mid 19th century. Mirrored pair of 2-storey, 2-bay end of terrace houses. Stugged ashlar with squared and snecked side and rear elevations. Narrow base course (now no longer visible at no 9), block margins.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 4-panelled doors to centre bays, with plate glass fanlights and windows at 1st floor above. Windows above at 1st floor and to each floor in flanking bays.

SW ELEVATION: windows spaced widely at 1st floor.

NE ELEVATION: windows at 1st floor to outer bays with later 2-storey extensions; piend-roofed and canted dormer to right of No 9. Extension to No 9 made of brick and partly covered by bull-face cement rendering; extension to No 10, rendered and with external stair to 1st floor.

4-pane timber sash and case windows. Piended slate roof with wallhead coped stack at centre of SW elevation; brick stack at apex and wallhead to extension of No 9; stack at apex between Nos 10 and 11.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.

BOUNDARY WALLS: stugged ashlar with coping, formerly with railings. Brick boundary wall to side, John Street Lane.

Statement of Interest

These houses are shown on 1856 Sutter map. Listed for group value in James Street.

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