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21, 23, 25, 27, 29 Pitt Street, Leith, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9733 / 55°58'23"N

Longitude: -3.1874 / 3°11'14"W

OS Eastings: 325991

OS Northings: 676226

OS Grid: NT259762

Mapcode National: GBR 8P6.V7

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.04G3

Plus Code: 9C7RXRF7+82

Entry Name: 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 Pitt Street, Leith, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 21-29 (Odd Nos) Pitt Street with Railings; EH6 4BY

Listing Date: 30 March 1994

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 364419

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27305

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200364419

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Leith Walk

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Tenement

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Description

1859. 3-storey basement and attic 9-bay classical tenement with 3 main door flats. Cleaned cream sandstone, rusticated at ground, droved to basement and upper floors; polished dressings. Base course; band course above rustication; cill course to 1st floor; cornice and blocking course. Regular fenestration. Rectangular 2-pane and plate glass fanlights; steps oversailing basement recess to doors.

S (PITT STREET) ELEVATION: tenement door at centre (5th bay); main doors to 3rd, 7th and 8th bays from left. From left, canted piend-roofed dormer to 4th bay, canted flat-roofed dormers to 6th and 8th bays; skylights to rest.

W (TRAFALGAR LANE) ELEVATION: 3-storey and attic 4-bay rubble gable; irregular fenestration. Apex stack.

E ELEVATION: blank rendered gable with 2 windows at centre. Apex stack.

Rubble 7-bay rear elevation with dormers as above, pair of wallhead stacks and canted timber windows to outer bays.

12-pane timber sash and case windows; some plate glass replacements. Grey slates; coped rendered stacks; ashlar coped skews.

Cast-iron fleur-de-lys railings on saddleback ashlar base to steps and basement area.

Statement of Interest

Part of a continuous terrace with 1-19 Pitt Street (see separate listings). These streets were laid out by Robert Burn in 1808.

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