Description

William Chambers, 1770-2; facade retention 1964. 3-storey basement and attic, 5-bay classical former house. Render lined out as ashlar; ashlar dressings. Moulded architraves; flanked by channelled pilaster strips. Ionic porch to outer right bay, suporting company eagle. Pair of modern canted timber flat-roofed dormers.

Timber sash and case multi-pane windows. Lead coped mutual skews; dressed stone mutual stacks; grey slates.

Microtiled 3-storey rear elevation.

INTERIOR: modern office; rebuilt 1964.

RAILINGS: plain modern iron railings.

Statement of Interest

Built with nos 23-26 by 'the joint purses of Sir John Whitefoord, Sir Robert Murray and Gilbert Meason'. Chambers designed Meason's house at no 26, so presumably the others as well. A Group with Nos 21-26

St Andrew Square as 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.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17806966

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