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Printing Works, 30-32 Maritime Street, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Leith, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9752 / 55°58'30"N

Longitude: -3.1679 / 3°10'4"W

OS Eastings: 327211

OS Northings: 676418

OS Grid: NT272764

Mapcode National: GBR 8T5.TJ

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.92QN

Plus Code: 9C7RXRGJ+3R

Entry Name: Printing Works, 30-32 Maritime Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 30 and 32 Maritime Street

Listing Date: 29 March 1995

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 365141

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27808

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200365141

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Leith

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Printery

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Description

George Craig, 1894. 4-storey, 5-bay symmetrical warehouse with plain classical detail and vertical emphasis. Red sandstone ashlar front, squared and snecked stugged cream sandstone to rear and sides with stugged dressings of red sandstone. Base course; string course above ground floor; cill course at 1st and 2nd floor; eaves cornice; depressed-arch openings at ground; panelled aprons to 2nd floor windows; slightly advanced full-height pilasters dividing arched bays; ashlar mullions.

NW (FRONT) ELEVATION: keystoned doorway at centre with small open scrolled swan-necked pediment above and broader such pediments to flanking pilasters. Secondary doorway to outer left. Bipartite windows to 1st and 2nd floor. 3rd floor windows with timber mullions and transoms. 3 velux rooflights.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: ground floor with steel lintel held by cast-iron columns, recessed windows behind (former link with now demolished rear buildings). Single windows to outer left bay,; bipartite windows to remaining bays and floors.

NE ELEVATION: truncated gable with paired truncated stacks; irregular single windows (some blocked).

Modern timber sash and case and casement windows. Slate roof with metal flashings. Moulded eaves gutter and gutterheads.

INTERIOR: not seen 1993.

Statement of Interest

The warehouse was constructed in conjunction with a single storey printing shed (still largely extant) behind which connected it to No 46 Constitution Street (listed separately). The premises at Constitution Street were given a new elaborate red sandstone shopfront at the same time. The building has recently been converted to offices.

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