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30 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9568 / 55°57'24"N

Longitude: -3.1985 / 3°11'54"W

OS Eastings: 325268

OS Northings: 674404

OS Grid: NT252744

Mapcode National: GBR 8MD.M4

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.VJ3S

Plus Code: 9C7RXR42+PJ

Entry Name: 30 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 28-30A (Even Nos) Northumberland Street, Including Railings and Lamps

Listing Date: 30 September 1964

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 369384

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29456

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 30 Northumberland Street

ID on this website: 200369384

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, early 19th century. 3-storey and basement, 6-bay terraced tenement. Polished ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Base course; band courses between basement and principal floor, principal and 1st floors, 1st and 2nd floors; cill course at 1st floor; cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor, with smaller square windows. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: pair of 9-panel timber doors in central bays, with rectangular fanlights, radial at No 28, plate glass at No 30. Regular fenestration to remaining bays at principal floor and to floors above, and basement.

E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (14-26 Northumberland Street).

W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (19 and 21 Dundas Street).

12-pane and 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble gablehead stack with broached ashlar quoins; coped, with circular cans.

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

RAILINGS AND LAMPS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railing with balusters and finials. Cast-iron railing-mounted lamps with glass globes.

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.

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