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1-3 Brown's Place, The Vennel, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9466 / 55°56'47"N

Longitude: -3.1972 / 3°11'49"W

OS Eastings: 325329

OS Northings: 673264

OS Grid: NT253732

Mapcode National: GBR 8MH.WS

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.VSQM

Plus Code: 9C7RWRW3+J4

Entry Name: 1-3 Brown's Place, The Vennel, Edinburgh

Listing Name: The Vennel, 1 and 3 Brown's Place with Retaining Wall, Railings and Gate

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 366177

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28369

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, The Vennel, 1-3 Brown's Place

ID on this website: 200366177

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Early 19th century with later additions. 2-storey (3 storeys to rear) 5-bay classical house (entered from 1st floor by fly-over stone stair with cast-iron railings from railed garden area). Droved ashlar with polished dressings to principal elevation, coursed rubble to sides and rear. Base course, dividing band between ground and 1st floors cill course at 1st floor; blocking course at eaves (raised over entrance). Deep-set timber panelled door with border-glazed fanlight in pilastered doorpiece. Regularly fenestrated. Modern harled addition to rear.

12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; modern rooflights. Graded grey slates. Stone skews. Corniced stacks (rendered) with circular cans.

BOUNDARY WALL, RAILINGS AND GATE: ashlar-coped coursed rubble retaining wall to S; fleur-de-lys-finialled cast-iron railings and gate.

Statement of Interest

B group comprises Nos 1 and 3 and Nos 2, 4 and 5 Brown's Place, forming 2 sides of a court (3rd side formed by rear elevation of George Heriot's Preparatory Department) with garden to centre.

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