Description

Circa 1795, with earlier wing to rear, remodelled S Henbest Capper, 1892. 5-storey and attic 5-bay tenement with shops to ground floor; narrow round-arched entrance to pend to centre (E Entry to James Court) with steep turnpike stair to flats; long narrow asymmetrical block to rear at NW. Ashlar (painted to ground); rubble to rear, harl to NW wing. Regularly fenestrated. Eaves course. Projecting cills. 2 piend-roofed slated timber dormers to attic.

REAR WING: irregular stair tower to N, curved to ground floor, jettied above. Timber-framed access balconies to E (see Notes). Irregular elevation to W with asymmetrically placed small windows and broad wallhead stacks.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Tall stacks (harled to rear) with circular cans.

Statement of Interest

In 1723-7 James Brownhill (following the precedent of Robert Mylne at Milne's Court) demolished closes running N/S to form a square court, building a tall double tenement to the N (all but the E section of which was destroyed in a fire in 1857), but leaving the old buildings facing the Lawnmarket. Those to the W of Gladstone's Land were replaced circa 1795. The NW wing (3 and 5 James Court) was remodelled for Patrick Geddes by Henbest Capper in 1892.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17575229

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)