Description

1784-90. 3-storey and attic, 6-bay classical tenement with modern shops built out at ground. Droved cream ashlar sandstone (cleaned). Right bay with steps to panelled door to common stair; polished ashlar surround and remains of band course. 1st floor cills lowered. Pair of tall piend-roofed dormers.

Timber sash and case windows; 6-pane at 1st floor, 4-pane at 2nd. Ashlar coped skews, stone stack to S, rendered to N; grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

A Group with Nos 78-79 Princes Street and 2-4 Hanover 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.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808733

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)