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5-7 Frederick Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.952 / 55°57'7"N

Longitude: -3.1994 / 3°11'57"W

OS Eastings: 325202

OS Northings: 673866

OS Grid: NT252738

Mapcode National: GBR 8MF.FW

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.TNNH

Plus Code: 9C7RXR22+Q6

Entry Name: 5-7 Frederick Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 5, 7 and 7A Frederick Street (Formerly Queen's Club)

Listing Date: 19 December 1979

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 367336

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28779

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 5 - 7 Frederick Street

ID on this website: 200367336

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Dunn and Findlay, 1903. Broad 4-storey and attic 3-bay former club (now flatted) with Free Renaissance detailing; projecting from building line of street with shops at ground. Polished cream sandstone ashlar. At ground, 2 modern shopfronts flank off-centre doorway with 2-leaf panelled door and plate glass fanlight, cornice survives. Shallow oriels to outer bays, with paired windows to centre bay. Moulded architraves at 1st floor; cornice above 1st floor; overhanging modillioned cornice at eaves. Full storey to attic at centre with open segmental pediment containing cartouche and pair of bipartite windows; flanked by pilastered timber box dormers behind curved solid parapets.

Side elevations ashlar faced at front with shaped gables; advanced rubble stacks at centre.

Irregular rear elevation faced with glazed bricks, with glazed projection to right at ground.

Timber sash and case windows; 15-pane at 1st floor, 12-pane to upper floors, plate glass at attic. Ashlar coped skews; stone stacks; grey slates. Cast-iron downpipes with moulded rainwaterheads.

INTERIOR: divided into flats; unseen 1995.

Statement of Interest

Formerly the Queen?s Club.

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