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6 Greenhill Park, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Morningside, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9332 / 55°55'59"N

Longitude: -3.2082 / 3°12'29"W

OS Eastings: 324612

OS Northings: 671784

OS Grid: NT246717

Mapcode National: GBR 8KN.ML

Mapcode Global: WH6SS.P4GC

Plus Code: 9C7RWQMR+7P

Entry Name: 6 Greenhill Park, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 6 Greenhill Park

Listing Date: 12 December 1974

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 364549

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27393

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200364549

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Morningside

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1865. 2-storey 3-bay symmetrical rectangular-plan villa with single storey service wing and conservatory. Cream sandstone, ashlar front, squared and snecked stugged rubble to rear and sides. Base course; band course above ground floor; overhanging eaves with eaves cornice; architraved windows with bracketted cills; consoled cornices to ground floor windows.

N (FRONT) ELEVATION: round-arched moulded doorway to centre with semi-circular fanlight under consoled cornice, panelled door and tiled vestibule and hall; single window at 1st floor above. Outer bays with single windows at ground and 1st floor.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: single windows to right bay; large tripartite windows with timber mullions (later alterations) to ground and 1st floor of left bay. Single bay single storey service wing to outer right with single window.

W ELEVATION: large gabled timber conservatory to right bay, single window at 1st floor above. Single window at 1st floor to centre bay. 2 corniced wallhead stacks.

E ELEVATION: single storey service wing with half-piend roof to left and centre bays; single windows at 1st floor above. Tall stair window to right of centre. 2 corniced wallhead stacks.

Timber sash and case windows, 4-pane glazing. Black slate piend and platform roof with metal flashings; 4 wallhead stacks (see above), octgonal cans. Moulded eaves gutter.

INTERIOR: not seen 1992.

Tall rubble wall to rear and sides with semi-circular coping, low rubble wall to front, later cast-iron gates.

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