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Ainslie Cottage, 5 Jordan Lane, Morningside, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Morningside, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9272 / 55°55'37"N

Longitude: -3.208 / 3°12'28"W

OS Eastings: 324614

OS Northings: 671114

OS Grid: NT246711

Mapcode National: GBR 8KQ.PR

Mapcode Global: WH6SS.P9K0

Plus Code: 9C7RWQGR+VQ

Entry Name: Ainslie Cottage, 5 Jordan Lane, Morningside, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 5 Jordan Lane, Ainslie Cottage, and Boundary Wall

Listing Date: 29 April 1977

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 364641

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27460

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200364641

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Morningside

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Earlier 19th century. Single storey 3-bay cottage. Cream sandstone, coursed and squared rubble, droved dressings, droved ashlar quoins.

S (FRONT) ELEVATION: architraved entrance doorway at centre with panelled door and rectangular plate glass fanlight; single windows flanking. N (JORDAN LANE) ELEVATION: single window to each bay.

E AND W ELEVATIONS: gabled with apex stacks (rebuilt).

Timber sash and case windows with plate glass glazing. Slate roof; droved ashlar skews.

INTERIOR: not seen 1992.

BOUNDARY WALL: tall rubble wall with flat coping flanking Jordan Lane elevation and over Pedestrian doorway.

Statement of Interest

An interesting and mostly unaltered survival amidst late 19th century towering tenements.

George Meikle Kemp (1795-1844) the architect who designed the Scott Monument on Princes Street is thought to have lived at this address in later life.

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