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Latitude: 55.9523 / 55°57'8"N
Longitude: -3.1112 / 3°6'40"W
OS Eastings: 330707
OS Northings: 673813
OS Grid: NT307738
Mapcode National: GBR 2C.XWHG
Mapcode Global: WH6SN.5NQ7
Plus Code: 9C7RXV2Q+WG
Entry Name: 5, 7 Marlborough Street, Portobello, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 3-7 (Odd Nos) Marlborough Street
Listing Date: 14 March 1989
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 364404
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27294
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200364404
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: House
Earlier 19th century, with later alterations, subdivided into 3 houses (No 3 at ground, No 7 at 1st floor above; No 5, 2-storey house). 2-storey, 5-bay pair of classical houses. Stugged ashlar, droved ashlar dressings; blank rubble side and rear elevations. Base course, cill course to 1st floor, eaves course; quoin strips.
SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: doorways closely spaced to centre; panelled door to No 3; glazed aluminium door to No 5; plate glass fanlights above each. Window above doors, windows to floor of outer bays, except blinded to penultimate to right.
NW (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen fully, 1994. External staircase to No 3 (entrance to No 7).
4-pane timber sash and case windows to No 3; modern aluminium windows to No 5. Grey slate roof; coped ashlar skews to gablehead; stacks to gablehead, ashlar to No 3, brick to No 5. Delicate cast-iron gutter brackets and original gutter in place.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1994. Shutters in place in No 3.
BOUNDARY WALLS: rendered with coping to front, rubble with coping to sides.
No 5 has been heavily pointed recently, making the lines of the ashlar less defined. These houses are similar to Nos 9-13 (post-1824; pre-1856).
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