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25 James Craig Walk, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9547 / 55°57'17"N

Longitude: -3.1901 / 3°11'24"W

OS Eastings: 325784

OS Northings: 674163

OS Grid: NT257741

Mapcode National: GBR 8PD.9W

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.ZL1C

Plus Code: 9C7RXR35+VW

Entry Name: 25 James Craig Walk, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 23, 24, 25 & 26 St James Square

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 370091

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29728

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 25 James Craig Walk

ID on this website: 200370091

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

James Craig, circa 1775. 4-storey basement and attic, 6-bay classical tenement. Droved cream sandstone ashlar (stonecleaned and patched). Long and short quoins, eaves cornice.

S (FRONT) ELEVATION: rubble basement. Bays displaced away from centre. Roman Doric pilastered doorpieces; at centre left to common stair

(No 25), and at centre to main door flat. Open pedimented nepus gable to central 2 bays with apex stack; small dormers to outer bays.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: 7-bay, rubble; 3 bays at centre, those to right 5-storey and gabled; outer bays bowed and 5-storey. Decorative cast-iron balconies to 2nd floor of left bow.

Rubble gables with windows at centre.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews; rebuilt corniced ashlar stacks; grey slates; hoppers dated 1995.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

A Group with the Scottish Office, James Craig Walk (formerly 27-31

St James's Square). These are the only survivors of this development, which was laid out by James Craig in 1773 for Walter Ferguson WS. Craig himself may have been responsible for the design of the buildings.

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