Description

1786-92; early 19th century alterations at ground. 3-storey with raised basement and attic, 6-bay classical tenement with shops at basement and ground. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings; eaves cornice. Right bay with steps to architraved doorpiece with cornice and elaborate rosette frieze; glazed door to common stair. Inner right bay with steps to Ionic columned doorpiece of ground floor shop; 5 large plate glass windows to left (to each bay) framed by fluted pilasters between base course and entablature. Centre right bay with steps down to basement door with consoled cornice; 3-bay shop with raised architraves to left in basement. 2 narrow piend-roofed dormers at centre with further broad inset dormer to left.

Timber sash and case windows; plate glass at 1st floor, 4-pane at 2nd. Ashlar coped skews; rendered stacks (vestigial stone mutual stack to S, with skew and eaves of former building); grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

A Group with Nos 43-49 (odd nos) 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

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Care and Repair