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Latitude: 55.9498 / 55°56'59"N
Longitude: -3.1889 / 3°11'19"W
OS Eastings: 325855
OS Northings: 673607
OS Grid: NT258736
Mapcode National: GBR 8PG.KN
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.ZQN6
Plus Code: 9C7RWRX6+WF
Entry Name: 148, 150, 152 And 154 High Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 146-154 (Even Nos) High Street
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 368270
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29070
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200368270
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Tenement
Early 19th century incorporating earlier fabric (see Notes). 5-storey, 5-bay tenement with central Classical doorpiece with oyster shell motif to centre. Painted ashlar. Raised cills. Later shopsfronts to ground. Round-arched opening to far left leading to Bell's Wynd. Single piended-roof dormer between 3rd and 4th bays.
Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Scottish slate. Particularly broad brick and ashlar stacks. Clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
No 146-154 High Street is a key component of this important street. It was reconstructed after a fire destroyed the South side of the High Street between The Tron Kirk and Parliament House in 1824. The simple treatment provides an appropriate foil to the more elaborate buildings on the High Street, adding much to the Street's distinctive character. The building is part of a reconstructed planned run of tenements between No 126 and No 184 High Street.
The High Street is located at the heart of the Old Town and has World Heritage Site status. Historically the central focus of public, civic and commercial life within the city, the High Street contains many of Edinburgh's most distinguished buildings including St Giles Kirk and Parliament Hall (see separate listings). Its special architectural and historic interest as one of Edinburgh's primary thoroughfares is unparalleled.
List description updated at resurvey (2007/08).
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