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53 Regent Street, Portobello, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.954 / 55°57'14"N

Longitude: -3.1102 / 3°6'36"W

OS Eastings: 330772

OS Northings: 673995

OS Grid: NT307739

Mapcode National: GBR 2C.XWRX

Mapcode Global: WH6SN.6L6Z

Plus Code: 9C7RXV3Q+HW

Entry Name: 53 Regent Street, Portobello, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 53 Regent Street Including Boundary Walls and Railings

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 364816

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27576

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200364816

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Early 19th century with later small addition to SE. Single storey with basement, 3-bay classical house on corner of Straiton Place and Regent Street. Painted polished ashlar to ground, squared rubble interspersed with droved ashlar to basement level; squared sandstone to side elevation (Straiton Place), harled to blank rear elevation. Broad dividing band course, cornice and blocking course; moulded architraves to Regent Street elevation.

W (REGENT STREET) ELEVATION: symmetrical; 4 steps with original plain cast-iron handrails to centre; deep-set panelled door in architraved doorpiece with radial rectangular fanlight above. Windows to flanking bays at each level.

N (STRAITON PLACE) ELEVATION: windows to each bay irregularly disposed. Basement not fully exposed.

12-pane timber sash and case windows to ground floor, 6-pane to basement. Graded slate piended roof; rendered and coped wallhead stacks to side elevations and rear.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS: rendered and coped walls with fleur-de-lys headed railings.

Statement of Interest

B Group with Nos 49 and 51. This building dates from before 1824.

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