Description

John Muirhead, 1864. 4-storey attic and basement tenement with Scottish 17th century revival detailing; 5 bays to Johnston Terrace, 7 bays to Castle Wynd North. Squared and snecked rubble. String courses at 1st, 2nd and attic floors. Crowstepped gables.

S (JOHNSTON TERRACE) ELEVATION: forestair with cast-iron railings (door and windows under steps) rising from left to right to entrance terrace. Timber panelled door in pilastered surround with broken pediment. Regularly fenestrated. Gabled 2-bay section to centre, corbelled out at 2nd and attic floors; gabled dormerheads to attic in 2 right and outer left bays.

W (CASTLE WYND NORTH) ELEVATION: gabled 2-bay section to right (left bay blind) with wallhead stack; string course at 2nd floor steps up over blank panel. 2-bay block to centre with 2-light gabled dormerhead breaking eaves to attic. 3-bay block to left regularly fenestrated; gabled dormerheads to attic breaking eaves.

4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Corniced stacks with circular cans.

Statement of Interest

Towering tenement built on steeply falling ground, maintaining tradition of Old Town architecture.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17810698

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey