Description

Dunn and Findlay 1895, later housing improvement scheme by Philip Cocker and Partners, 1978 -80. 2 and 3-storey, roughly 14-bay rectangular plan half-timbered Tudor revival tenement building with bargeboarded dormers breaking eaves. Angled 3-plane frontage; E half of block 2 storeys and W half of block 3 storeys with ground falling to W. Painted render and timber. Shallow stone base course; deep overhanging eaves. English half timbered upper storey on corbel table, breaking eaves. Larger 2-bay gables flanking twin gabelets to centre on each block. Sandstone doorpieces lugged and architraved; shouldered arched transomed fanlights. Gambrel roofs to E and W elevations

Predominantly 8-pane in timber sash and case windows. Gambrel roof; red tiles. Tall ribbed brick chimney stacks with blocking course and cornice; modern clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

A picturesque terrace on a sloping site, which is part of an important visual group with Well Court (see separate listing) at the centre of the Dean Village. It is consciously characteristic of buildings in the Dean Village, which display a vernacular style and maintain a separate identity from its wider, more urban surroundings. It is possible that the buildings were built to provide social housing similar to that at Well Court, which was built by J R Findlay (editor of the Scotsman) as new model housing to replace dilapidated tenements. J R Findlay was also the client for these buildings (using his sons practice as the architects), and so it is likely that the motivation behind them was similar to that at Well Court.

Dunn and Findlay were a successful Edinburgh practice who designed a large number of residential buildings throughout the city. Findlay was the son of John Ritchie Findlay, who owned a house overlooking the Dean Village at 3 Rothesay Terrace (see separate listing) and who was also the client for Well Court, a project which he completed not only to provide social housing but also to provide a focal point for the view from his house on Rothesay Terrace.

The later alterations by Philip Cocker and Partners between 1978 and 1980 were to restore the buildings and convert them to flats.

(List description revised 2009 as part of re-survey.)

Previously listed as '15-29 (Inclusive Numbers) Hawthornbank Lane, Hawthornbank Buildings', changed 2011.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808917

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