Description

Circa 1785; subsequent alterations; shopfront Henry & Maclennan, 1928; mansard slightly later. 3-storey basement and attic, 7-bay former classical tenement. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Set back common stair bay at centre with corniced and architraved 9-panel door (and surviving channelled rustication). Ground floor altered to either side; pilastered 4-bay ashlar front built out to E with door to right and dentilled cornice; to W, channelled pilastered 4-bay front with applied doorway to left, and cornice, parapet and urn to slightly projecting 3 right bays (area survives). Eaves cornice. Later mansard attic with gabled dormers with segmental-headed windows to each bay. 2 flagpoles (3 fixings) above E projection.

Timber sash and case plate glass windows (12-pane survive to E bays at 2nd floor); grey slates.

INTERIOR: converted to hotel use.

RAILINGS: cast-iron spearhead railings to steps and area.

Statement of Interest

Now incorporated into the Roxburghe Hotel (see separate listing,

Nos 33-39 Charlotte Square). A Group with Nos 33-39 Charlotte Square 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 Q17806876

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