Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, 1801-4. 3-storey and basement, 8-bay terraced tenement, with 4th storey as wallhead attic. Broached ashlar sandstone; channelled rustication at principal floor. Base course; band courses between basement and principal floor, principal floor and 1st floor; projecting cills to 1st and 2nd floor windows; cornice at 2nd floor; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 4-panel timber doors with rectilinear rectangular fanlights in 3rd, 4th and 6th bays from left, at principal floor; regular fenestration to remaining bays at principal floor, and to floors above, and at basement, small 3-pane casement window between 3rd and 4th bay at principal floor.

S (CUMBERLAND STREET) ELEVATION: coursed rubble gable, with irregular fenestration; panelled timber door, with rectangular fanlight, to left of centre at basement.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (15-23A Royal Crescent).

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows, with window guards in bays at outer right and penultimate bay from right, at 1st floor. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge and gablehead stacks; coped, with circular cans.

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

RAILINGS AND LAMP: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed balusters and pineapple finials. Cast-iron railing-mounted lamp with glass globe.

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.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17805492

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