Description

Circa 1790. 3-storey attic and basement, 7-bay classical tenement. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. V-jointed rustication at ground; eaves cornice. Central common stair bay slightly recessed; flanked by main door flats with round-headed doorpieces with radiating timber fanlights to inner bays. Windows at ground to right (No 16) arched. Piend-roofed dormers - bipartite to left, canted pair to right.

12-pane timber sash and case windows (multi-pane at ground to right). Ashlar coped skews; grey slates; rendered stack to S, ashlar to N.

INTERIOR: all one office; archway from hall to reception at No 16, with glazed screen to stair.

RAILINGS: spearhead cast-iron railings.

Statement of Interest

Forms important setting for Charlotte Square. The arched windows at ground were introduced in the early 20th century, and the rustication replaced to suit. A Group with Nos 2-10 (even nos) Hope 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 Q17574740

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)