Description

Circa 1785; alterations by George Smith, 1852; Kinnear & Peddie, 1892. 3-storey basement and attic, 3-bay terraced former classical house with applied architraves and Jacobethan balcony at 1st floor. Cleaned Craigleith sandstone droved ashlar. At ground, polished ashlar pilaster architraves with consoles as capitals supporting balcony; broad doorway to right with panelled storm doors to terrazzo tiled lobby; windows with polished aprons. At 1st floor, balcony with panelled piers and pierced strapwork balustrade; windows with lugged, tabbed and keystoned architraves. 2nd floor windows with lugged architraves. 2 dormers, piend-roofed and slightly bowed to right, flat-roofed and set into roof to left.

Rear elevation extended through to lane as 2-bay stugged ashlar hall, with flanking garaging (see below).

Timber sash and case windows; 4-pane at ground, 6-pane at 1st floor, 12-pane at 2nd floor. Grey slates; ashlar coped mutual skews (lead covered); mutual dressed stone stacks reduced.

INTERIOR: largely rebuilt in massive plain 19th century manner. Glazed screen to Hall with panelled dado and massive return stair on axis; at 1st landing archway leads to rear addition containing huge trabeated room at ground with partly top-lit room (incorporating roof space) above. Joined at every level with No 21.

RAILINGS: late 19th century cast-iron railings, en suite with No 21.

GARAGING: rendered original 2-storey mews buildings converted to open garaging at ground flank 19th century hall.

Statement of Interest

Now joined with No 21 (see separate listing). A significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain; Queen Street was built to take advantage of the northern views, and has survived remarkably unaltered to this day.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17576625

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