Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, 1802. 3-storey and basement, 3-bay terraced tenement. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band course at principal, 1st and 2nd floors; projecting cills at 1st and 2nd floor windows; cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Entrance platt and steps oversailing basement.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorpiece in bay to left at principal floor, comprising panelled door flanked by 5-pane glazed panels, radial, semicircular fanlight. Regular fenestration to remaining bays at principal floor, and to floor above. Flagged basement area.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (11 and 13 Howe Street).

S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (5-7, odd Nos, Howe Street).

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Polygonal piended dormer to right. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by iron railings, with spear-headed balusters and urn finials.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Second New Town A Group, a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

Howe Street was part of the first extension of the New Town planned by Reid and Sibbald in 1802. Building started in 1808. Thomas Hamilton lived at No 9.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)