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112 George Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9521 / 55°57'7"N

Longitude: -3.2042 / 3°12'15"W

OS Eastings: 324903

OS Northings: 673885

OS Grid: NT249738

Mapcode National: GBR 8LF.GT

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.RNDD

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ2W+R8

Entry Name: 112 George Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 112 George Street with Railings and Lamp Standards

Listing Date: 13 January 1966

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 367503

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28883

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 112 George Street

ID on this website: 200367503

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Terrace house

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Description

1790. 3-storey basement and attic, 3-bay former classical house. Scabbled (formerly droved) cream sandstone ashlar (stonecleaned) with polished dressings. Architraved and corniced doorpiece with glazed door and original radiating fanlight; decorative cast-iron balconies at 1st floor, bars at 2nd; moulded eaves cornice; 4 velux rooflights.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Ashlar coped skews; stone stacks, rendered to E; grey slates.

INTERIOR: entrance hall with enriched ceiling; former Dining Room panelled; former drawing room with enriched neo-classical ceiling.

RAILINGS AND LAMP STANDARDS: modern iron railings; pair of original 18th century wrought-iron lamp standards to platt.

Statement of Interest

One of a pair (Nos 112-114) built by James Hill and Alexander Porteous. The second was demolished in 1962, and the facade copied again in 1993 (but on a slightly different building line and with polished ashlar facade). The original droving can be seen behind the downpipes. Listed at Category A 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. A Group with Nos 106-128 (even nos) George Street.

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