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Latitude: 55.9523 / 55°57'8"N
Longitude: -3.2061 / 3°12'22"W
OS Eastings: 324782
OS Northings: 673907
OS Grid: NT247739
Mapcode National: GBR 8LF.2R
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QNG8
Plus Code: 9C7RXQ2V+WH
Entry Name: 139, 141 George Street, 137, 137A, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 137, 137A, 139 and 141 George Street with Railings
Listing Date: 13 January 1966
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 367474
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28860
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200367474
Circa 1790; subsequent alterations . 3-storey and attic, 7-bay classical tenement (3-4) with projections at ground incorporating raised basement. Droved cream ashlar sandstone with polished dressings; formerly with channelled rustication at ground (survives at central bay). 3 left bays with modern stone faced shopfront at ground (en suite with neighbouring shop, see separate listing No 40 Charlotte Square); centre bay with steps to common stair door (No 139) with 6-pane fanlight; centre right bay with projecting pedimented porch, tripartite doorway with glazing above surmounted by fanlight with radiating glazing; adjoining projecting 3-bay shopfront with arcaded glazing (centre bay recessed as entrance) and cornice; hanging sign. Plain upper floors with eaves cornice. Earlier 19th century tripartite box dormer to right; pair of early 20th century canted piend-roofed dormers to left.
Timber sash and case windows; 12-pane, 4-pane and plate glass. Ashlar coped mutual skews; rendered stacks (reduced at centre) ; grey slates.
INTERIOR: No 139 gives access to double upper to E, and also has later slappings through to upper floors above No 141 (to W). E flat with apsidal-ended room to far 2 bays; panelled dado.
Formerly a 3-storey and attic, 4-bay block with house and separately accessed double upper flat above, adjoining a 3-bay house (the latter built at a fractionally lower level). Shadow of timber architraves and cornices can be detected on 3 right bays at 1st floor. A Group with Nos125-141 (odd nos) George 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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