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48 Portland Street, Leith, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Leith, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9771 / 55°58'37"N

Longitude: -3.1834 / 3°11'0"W

OS Eastings: 326247

OS Northings: 676648

OS Grid: NT262766

Mapcode National: GBR 8Q4.NV

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.21C5

Plus Code: 9C7RXRG8+VJ

Entry Name: 48 Portland Street, Leith, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 46 and 48 Portland Street with Boundary Walls; EH6 4BA

Listing Date: 30 March 1994

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 364531

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27382

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200364531

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Leith

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1835 and 1870. Mirrored pair of 2-storey 3-bay terraced houses. Cream ashlar sandstone (No 46 painted); base course; cill course to 1st floor cornice and blocking course. Regular fenestration; architraves to ground floor windows.

Corniced doorcases to outer bays; moulded architrave to No 46, broad surround to No 48; rectangular fanlights. Canted piend-roofed dormer to No 48.

Timber windows; 12-pane sash and case to No 48. Grey slates; ashlar-coped skews. Ashlar stacks, 1 rendered.

WALLS: low rubble front walls with saddleback ashlar coping; coped rubble side wall.

Statement of Interest

No 48 is the later copy.

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