Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, early 19th century. 3-storey, attic and basement, 4-bay terraced tenement. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band course between basement and principal floor; cills lowered in 3 bays to right at 1st floor, with band course between principal floor and 1st floor becoming cill course, remains of cill course in bay to left at 1st floor; cill course at 2nd floor; modillioned cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platt oversailing basement.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorpiece in bay to left of centre, comprising 9-panel timber door with radial semicircular fanlight; panelled timber common stair door with plate glass rectangular fanlight, to outer left; windows in remaining bays at principal floor, regular fenestration to floors above, and to basement.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (1-10 Drummond Place).

S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace see separate listing (62 Dublin Street).

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows; window guards in bays to right at 1st floor. Grey slate M-roof, with recessed rectangular dormer to right. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble and rendered gablehead 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.

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. 64-68 Dublin Street was formerly 32 and 34 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 Q17805043

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)