Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, early 19th century. 3-storey and basement, 7-bay terraced tenement, with centre bay slightly recessed. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor of No 6. Band courses, except in centre bay, between basement and principal floor, principal and 1st floor; string course at impost level to No 10; projecting cills to windows; dentilled cornice and blocking course at No 6. Architraved windows at 1st and 2nd floors of No 6, corniced at 1st floor; windows in round-arched recesses at principal floor of No 10. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 9-panel timber common stair door with plate glass rectangular fanlight centred at principal floor, flanked by round-arched doorpieces with 6-panel timber doors with plate glass semicircular fanlights; windows in remaining bays at principal floor, regular fenestration to floors above.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (12-16A Dublin Street).

S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (4 Dublin Street).

2-pane and 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Grey slate M-roof; slate hung rectangular dormers. Broached ashlar ridge stacks, rendered gablehead stacks; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997.

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

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. 6-10 Dublin Street was formerly 6-10 Duke Street. Duke Street was feued by the Magistrates in 1799. Building began in 1801. It was continued northwards by Reid and Sibbald as Dublin Street in 1802 as part of their plan for the extension if the New Town. Building began in 1803. In 1966 Duke Street was renamed as Dublin Street but retained its old numbers, while the original Dublin Street was renumbered.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17804960

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)