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2 North Fort Street, Leith, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Leith, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9749 / 55°58'29"N

Longitude: -3.1835 / 3°11'0"W

OS Eastings: 326239

OS Northings: 676401

OS Grid: NT262764

Mapcode National: GBR 8Q5.NN

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.22BW

Plus Code: 9C7RXRF8+XJ

Entry Name: 2 North Fort Street, Leith, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 2-6 (Even Nos) North Fort Street and 92, 92A and 94 Ferry Road with Front Walls; EH6 4EX and EH6 4AQ Respectively

Listing Date: 30 March 1994

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 364305

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27228

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200364305

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Leith

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1860. 2-storey flatted dwellings arranged as continuous terrace turning corner with canted angle and shop at ground. Stugged ashlar with ashlar dressings. Base course; cill course to 1st floor; cornice and blocking course. Regular fenestration. Doors with rectangular fanlights, raised architrave and cornice.

NORTH FORT STREET ELEVATION: 9 bays with doors to alternate bays from penultimate left bay; penultimate right bay blank at 1st floor with wallhead stack; right bay with shop window at ground and blind window above.

FERRY ROAD ELEVATION: canted angle; modern door to shop at ground with bracketed cornice and window above. 4 bays to right, far right bay canted; replacement showrroom windows at ground separated by tenement door to penultimate right bay. Single piend-roofed canted dormer.

Rubble rear elevation.

Timber sash and case 4-pane windows (some plate glass and some replacements). Grey slates; coped ashlar stacks; ashlar coped mutual skews to outer flanks.

WALLS: low coursed stone front wall with ashlar saddleback coping.

Statement of Interest

Forms part of continuous uniform terrace with 2-18 North Fort Street,

7 Madeira Place and 86-94 Ferry Road (see separate listings).

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