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Latitude: 55.9523 / 55°57'8"N
Longitude: -3.1136 / 3°6'48"W
OS Eastings: 330560
OS Northings: 673816
OS Grid: NT305738
Mapcode National: GBR 2C.XVW2
Mapcode Global: WH6SN.4NL7
Plus Code: 9C7RXV2P+WH
Entry Name: Bank, 195-197 Portobello High Street, Portobello, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 195 and 197 Portobello High Street
Listing Date: 4 September 1995
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 364577
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27411
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200364577
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Building
Later 19th century with alterations. 3-storey, 3-bay symmetrical Franco-Flemish commercial building. Polished ashlar. Base course, cornice above ground floor supported by consoles flanking doorpieces to outer bays; fascia; moulded cill course to 1st floor, eaves string course.
NE (PORTOBELLO HIGH STREET): windows to each storey and bay. Tripartite window at ground to centre, with stop-chamfered arrises and corbelled cill. 2-leaf panelled door to outer right; architraved doorpiece with sculpted mask keystone; plate glass rectangular fanlight above; mirrored to outer left, now blinded (used for cash machine). Windows at 1st floor lugged and tabbed architraves and square-shouldered. Shouldered windows at 2nd floor breaking eaves in pedimented dormerheads, with carved stone finials and trefoil detailed to centre of each; coped skews and skewputt. Griffin gargoyle to outer left.
SW (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1994.
Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof. Coped ashlar coped stack to SE; cast-iron rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: plasterwork still in situ to banking hall.
The building echoes the style of the adjacent Town Hall (Nos 185-193), also using the gargoyle.
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