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59, 61 Frederick Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9541 / 55°57'14"N

Longitude: -3.2008 / 3°12'2"W

OS Eastings: 325119

OS Northings: 674104

OS Grid: NT251741

Mapcode National: GBR 8MF.43

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.TL0W

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ3X+JM

Entry Name: 59, 61 Frederick Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 57-61 (Odd Nos) Frederick Street with Railings

Listing Date: 24 March 1966

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 367347

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28787

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 59, 61 Frederick Street

ID on this website: 200367347

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

1786-92; later alterations at ground. 3-storey basement and attic, 7-bay classical tenement with shops at ground. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings; long and short quoins; eaves cornice. Steps to tenement door with 4-pane fanlight at centre; projecting modern shopfront to right with polished granite facing (incorporating door to basement restaurant); mid 19th century corniced shopfront to left with 2 large windows to left and deep-set double doorway to right with pilastered door to ground floor and subsidiary door to 1st floor; separate basement bar. 2 19th century piend-roofed timber dormers; tripartite to S, canted to N.

Timber sash and case windows; 12-pane to common stair and 1st floor right, otherwise plate glass. Ashlar coped skews; rendered stacks (brick to S).

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

RAILINGS: cast-iron railings to stairs.

Statement of Interest

A Group with Nos 51-55 (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.

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