Description

Mid to later 19th century with later alterations and additions. 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-planned classical house. Droved ashlar with polished ashlar dressings; harled side and rear elevations. Base course, eaves course and cornice, rusticated quoins.

S ELEVATION: deep-set panelled Edinburgh door with ornamental rectangular fanlight above; window at 1st floor above. Window to each floor of flanking bays.

N ELEVATION: full-height later addition to centre with door with rectangular fanlight above flanked to right by window at ground and 1st floor above.

Later timber windows with 6-pane upper and 2-pane casement to lower. Piended roof; tall droved ashlar coped wallhead stacks to side elevations.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1995.

BOUNDARY WALL: rubble, harled to exterior.

Statement of Interest

The house is named Wheatfield House. It is unusual in this part of Portobello which is made up principally of 1930s single storey housing.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56631267

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)