Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, early 19th century. 4-storey and basement, 8-bay terraced tenement. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band courses between basement and principal floor, principal floor and 1st floor; projecting cills at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement. Mews in Dublin Street Lane North, see below.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 6-panel timber common stair door in bay to left of centre at principal floor, with 8-pane rectangular fanlight; round-arched doorpiece in 3rd bay from left, comprising panelled timber door with radial semicircular fanlight; 4-bay advanced shop front to right, with modillioned cornice, comprising recessed glazed door flanked by plate glass windows and returns, with cast-iron gate, to outer right, 6-panel timber door with plate glass rectangular fanlight, to left; windows in remaining bays at principal floor, regular fenestration to floors above, with blind window in penultimate bay from left at 3rd floor.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (71-75 Dublin Street).

S ELEVATION: rubble gable; continuation of shop front at principal floor, windows centred to floors above, with pair of windows centred at 2nd floor; broached ashlar wall at outer right joining terrace to single storey piended building at rear, with infilled door to left, modern timber door to right, pall stone at SE angle.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared and snecked rubble gablehead stacks, rendered ridge stack; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

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

MEWS:

1B DUBLIN STREET LANE NORTH: to W. 2-storey 2-bay former coach house, with SE facing entrance elevation, comprising modern timber door and cement infill inserted in former carriage door opening to right; 2-leaf vertically boarded garage door to left, with timber lintel. Windows in bays above. Modern timber door in pedestrian gate to left, with droved dressings and stone lintel surmounted by railings, adjoining mews to rear of Nos 63-69 Dublin Street (see separate listing).

Statement of Interest

Part of the Second New Town A Group, a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. 63-69 Dublin Street was formerly 31-35 Dublin Street. Duke Street, to the south, was begun in 1801, and was continued northwards as Dublin Street in 1803 as part of Reid and Sibbald's plans for the extension of the New Town. In 1966 Duke Street was renamed Dublin Street but retained its old numbers, while the original Dublin Street was renumbered.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17804928

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990