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26 Pilrig Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9644 / 55°57'51"N

Longitude: -3.1794 / 3°10'45"W

OS Eastings: 326474

OS Northings: 675224

OS Grid: NT264752

Mapcode National: GBR 8R9.HF

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.4B8Z

Plus Code: 9C7RXR7C+Q6

Entry Name: 26 Pilrig Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 22-28 (Even Nos) Pilrig Street and Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 25 November 1965

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 369503

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29495

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 26 Pilrig Street

ID on this website: 200369503

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Leith Walk

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Terrace house

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Description

1821. 2-storey with basement and attic, 12-bay classical terrace of 4, 3-bay houses. Sandstone ashlar with rustication at ground. Base course, band course between floors, projecting cills at 1st floor, eaves cornice and blocking course, ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched entrances with fanlights in 3rd, 4th, 9th and 10th bays; deep-set doors; windows to remaining bays, regular fenestration above, piended tripartite dormer to No 22, piended and canted dormer to No 24, piended bipartite dormer to No 26, rooflights.

Timber sash and case with predominantly plate glass glazing, grey slates, ashlar ridge stacks with terracotta cans, coped skews.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low rubble walls with ashlar copes. Some original cast-iron railings surviving.

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