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Latitude: 55.9536 / 55°57'12"N
Longitude: -3.1092 / 3°6'33"W
OS Eastings: 330834
OS Northings: 673952
OS Grid: NT308739
Mapcode National: GBR 2C.XX0T
Mapcode Global: WH6SN.6MN8
Plus Code: 9C7RXV3R+C8
Entry Name: Leven Lodge, 38 Marlborough Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 38 Marlborough Street (Leven Lodge)
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 364517
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27371
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200364517
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: House
Early 19th century with later additions and alterations. 2-storey,
4 and 3 bay house on corner of Straiton Place and Marlborough Street; rectangular-plan with later single storey extension to SW. Finely droved, painted ashlar at 1st floor, polished ashlar dressings at ground; harled and painted side and rear elevations. Base course, broad band course, cornice and blocking course; aprons to 1st floor windows; slightly raised quoins.
NW (PRINCIPAL; MARLBOROUGH STREET) ELEVATION: consoled and corniced doorpiece with tablet above, deep-set modern door and plate glass fanlight; window at 1st floor above at 3rd bay to right. Window to each floor of remaining bays.
NE (STRAITON PLACE) ELEVATION: irregularly disposed; blinded windows to each floor of bay to centre, name of house, now faded, painted in upper section of 1st floor blinded window. Windows to each floor of flanking bays.
SW (REAR) ELEVATION: windows to ground and 1st floor in bay right of centre.
12-pane and plate glass timber sash and case windows. Grey slate piended roof; lean-to slate roof to extension. Wallhead, painted and coped stacks to each elevation; except NW.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.
BOUNDARY WALLS: heightened harled and painted.
Wood shows that this house was built by 1824.
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