Description

Circa 1840. 2-storey (3-storey at rear), 6-bay, symmetrical rectangular-plan houses. Squared and snecked sandstone rubble with stugged quoins and long and short surrounds. Eaves course and cornice; architraved doorpieces; block cills to 1st floor windows.

N ELEVATION: doorpieces to outer bays at ground; window to each intervening bay; single windows to all bays, upper floor; centred windows at mezzanine level to W elevation; bracketed 2-storey rectangular-plan projecting bay at rear of No 43.

12-pane timber sash and case windows to front elevation. Grey slate piended roof; coped shouldered wallhead stacks with cylindrical cans; cast-iron rainwater goods.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped squared and snecked sandstone wall to street.

Statement of Interest

Largely intact plain Classical pair of villas. One of the earlier developments of Corstorphine Road.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56631856

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments