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1 Laverockbank Road, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.977 / 55°58'37"N

Longitude: -3.2004 / 3°12'1"W

OS Eastings: 325186

OS Northings: 676650

OS Grid: NT251766

Mapcode National: GBR 8M4.6X

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.T159

Plus Code: 9C7RXQGX+QR

Entry Name: 1 Laverockbank Road, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 1 and 2 Laverockbank Road, with Boundary Wall, Gates and Railings

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 368591

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29220

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 1 Laverockbank Road

ID on this website: 200368591

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Forth

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Terrace house

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Description

Early 19th century. 2 finely detailed 2-storey 3-bay classical terraced houses, curving round corner to East Trinity Road. Channelled ashlar sandstone to ground, polished to 1st floor. Base course, architraved course at springing line of arches, raised dividing course and eaves course, eaves cornice. Ground floor windows and doors in segmentally-arched recesses; windows to 1st floor architraved, with fluted aprons.

W (LAVEROCKBANK ROAD) ELEVATION: regular fenestration; timber panelled door in panelled stone doorpiece with small semicircular carved fan motif and decorative fanlight in left bay of each house.

S (EAST TRINITY ROAD) ELEVATION: slightly recessed left bay curves round corner, linking W and S elevations; regularly fenestrated. 3-bay S elevation; blind windows to ground floor and in left and centre bays at 1st floor. Panelled ashlar wallhead stack.

E ELEVATION: random rubble with ashlar dressings; piend-roofed outbuilding.

12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates; coped ashlar stacks with octagonal cans.

BOUNDARY WALL, GATES AND RAILINGS: low, stone coped coursed ashlar wall. Spear-headed gate and railings and urn-topped gateposts at No 1.

Statement of Interest

Nos 1-9 Laverockbank Road are part of the very first 'suburban' development at Trinity (built on the grounds of Laverockbank House), as opposed to the first generation country 'cottages' (some of which were, of course, very grand indeed).

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