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1 Upper Gray Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.937 / 55°56'13"N

Longitude: -3.1791 / 3°10'44"W

OS Eastings: 326440

OS Northings: 672173

OS Grid: NT264721

Mapcode National: GBR 8RM.J7

Mapcode Global: WH6ST.41DG

Plus Code: 9C7RWRPC+Q9

Entry Name: 1 Upper Gray Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 1 Upper Gray Street and 21 Salisbury Place, Including Boundary Walls and Pedestrian Gate

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 367837

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28950

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 1 Upper Gray Street

ID on this website: 200367837

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

1810. Single storey with raised basement, 3-bay, symmetrical classical house; built as one, now subdivided. Lightly stugged cream sandstone ashlar to Salisbury Place (principal) elevation; coursed rubble sandstone with droved ashlar dressings to Upper Gray Street. Base course; dividing band course; cornice and blocking course; raised quoins to principal elevation.

N (SALISBURY PLACE) ELEVATION: advanced centre bay; steps up to central doorway; panelled door; plate glass fanlight; single windows in bays to outer left and right.

E (UPPER GRAY STREET) ELEVATION: projecting cills to 1st floor windows. Central doorway; panelled door; plate glass fanlight; single window above and in bays to outer left and right; pedestrian gate adjoining house to S.

12-pane, timber, sash and case windows. Grey slate piended roof; 4-light canted dormers; tall coped wallhead stack to S; octagonal moulded cans.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped boundary wall to Upper Gray Street; replacement railings; high, rubble wall to S.

Statement of Interest

1 Upper Gray Street originally servants quarters. Information supplied by owner.

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