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Latitude: 55.9537 / 55°57'13"N
Longitude: -3.1978 / 3°11'51"W
OS Eastings: 325307
OS Northings: 674058
OS Grid: NT253740
Mapcode National: GBR 8MF.R7
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.VMF5
Plus Code: 9C7RXR32+FV
Entry Name: 68 Hanover Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 68-82 (Even Nos) Hanover Street, Incorporating Hobart House (No 80)
Listing Date: 24 March 1966
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 368106
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29009
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200368106
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Office building
Covell Matthews Partnership, 1975. 4-storey, 12-bay classical office development. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Pilastraded at ground; eaves cornice and blocking course. 3 distinct 4-bay blocks; pair to S identical and at same level, with cill course to shorter 3rd floor, and rooflights; N block also at same level (built up at ground) but a storey lower, with 4 piend-roofed dormers continuing 3rd storey of adjoining blocks.
Timbers sash and case 12-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews; droved ashlar stacks; grey slates.
INTERIOR: modern office interiors, interconnecting with blocks to N and S.
These buildings replace 4 stepped blocks, and the whole development incorporates the original corner blocks to N and S, and Nos 22 - 24 Thistle Street (see separate listings). The specific detailing, and more particularly the windows on a line, betray its date. Retained on the List for its value within the A Group with Nos 62-66 and 84-90 (even nos) Hanover Street as part of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.
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