Description

1786-92. 3-storey with raised basement and attic, 5-bay classical tenement with ground floor and basement altered as shops and bar. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Inner left bay with pair of doors under single consoled cornice (narrower to left); flanking openings round-headed, that to right formerly door, now glazed. Shallow bowed glazed shop windows at Nos 9-11 in basement. Cornice to 2 left bays at ground. Eaves cornice; 4 modern timber dormers.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows to upper floors. Rendered stacks.

INTERIOR: bar with stair to room at ground (with door, unused); shop to right at ground now entered from common stair door. Flats unseen 1995.

Statement of Interest

Bar has cast-iron lamp standard, and hanging sign; it also incorporates part of the basement of Nos 17-19 Frederick Street (see separate listing). A Group with Nos 17 and 19 Frederick Street as a significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17806118

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)