Description

Earlier 19th century. 2-storey, attic and basement, 15-bay classical terrace. Polished ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor; broached ashlar sandstone at basement. Base course; band course between basement and principal floor, principal and 1st floors; cill course at 1st floor; cornice and blocking course at 1st floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: comprising 5 3-bay houses; 6-panel timber doors with variety of plate glass and radial semicircular fanlights, in alternating houses to left and right. Windows in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above with reeded aprons in bays at 1st floor, and basement. Flagged basement area.

W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (6, 6B Albany Street)

E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (18-40 Albany Street)

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof. Polygonally piended dormers at Nos 8, 10 and 12; pair of rectangular dormers at No 14; polygonally piended dormer and bow-fronted dormer at No 16. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Variety of rendered and broached ashlar ridge stacks; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1998.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed and urn finials.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Edinburgh New Town A Group. The building of Albany Street started in 1801. It did not form part of Reid and Sibbald's first extension of the New Town, but was incorporated into it, Abecromby Place and Heriot Row being laid out on the same axis. Considerable difficulty was encountered in clearing feuars from the north-western area, for which Bonnar did not prepare a feu plan until February 1815.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17571503

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