Description

Later 18th century; facade remodelled in French Empire style by

Robert Raeburn, 1870. 3-storey and attic, originally 4-bay section of former tenement. Painted droved ashlar with polished dressings. Plain bay to right with emergency door; architraved with multi-pane fanlight and cornice; architraved windows above. Modern ground floor built out over basement area to left; 1st floor built out with arched windows between channelled pilasters, and quadrant corners; bracketed cornice and pierced parapet. At 2nd floor, segmental-headed windows, with canted window at centre. Bracketed eaves cornice. Canted dormer composed of 3 arched windows; truncated pavilion roof with brattishing missing.

4-storey and attic 4-bay rear elevation of dressed rubble.

Timber sash and case plate glass windows. Ashlar coped skews; stone stack; grey slates; rooflights. Pair of flagpoles to balcony.

INTERIOR: top-lit saloon to rear; timber stair to 1st floor, further secondary stair to 2nd floor cafe. Cornices throughout.

Statement of Interest

Incorporates part of the original fabric of Edinburgh's New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17576584

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6