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12 Baird Road, Ratho, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Pentland Hills, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9228 / 55°55'22"N

Longitude: -3.3779 / 3°22'40"W

OS Eastings: 313993

OS Northings: 670824

OS Grid: NT139708

Mapcode National: GBR 21.ZWLK

Mapcode Global: WH6SQ.2DRC

Plus Code: 9C7RWJFC+4V

Entry Name: 12 Baird Road, Ratho, Edinburgh

Listing Name: Ratho Village, 12 and 14 (Even Nos) Baird Road with Wall and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 8 March 1994

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 365022

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27720

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200365022

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Pentland Hills

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Earlier 19th century. Single storey, 7-bay, rectangular- plan, terraced, pair of cottages. Squared, coursed whinstone to main elevation; rubble to side and rear elevations; droved sandstone margins and quoins.

MAIN ELEVATION: 2 cottages; 4-bay for No 14 to left; 3 bay symmetrical front for No 12 to right. 2-bay to outer left distinguished from other bays by mutual skew; adjacent window, and door with modern fanlight in 4th bay. No.12 has door (modern) at centre with letterbox fanlight and flanking windows.

8-pane sash and case windows; modern uPVC for no 14; grey slate roof; ashlar coping to skews; rendered and coped apex stacks; ridge stack at centre (evidence of thack-stane).

WALL: sandstone base course with squared whinstone and ashlar slab coping. Octagonal gatepiers raised above wall, and as corner piers.

Statement of Interest

The cottages were built as improvements carried out by Robert Liston of Millburn Tower, who was keen to make Ratho a model village. They are shown on 1st edition OS map and are listed Cat B in consideration of the dwarf walls and obelisk piers, continuous with neighbours.

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