Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, 1801-4. 4-storey and basement, 12-bay terraced tenement, with 4th storey as wallhead attic. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band courses between basement and principal floor, principal floor and 1st floor; projecting cills to 1st and 2nd floor windows; cornice at 2nd floor; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 4-panel timber doors with rectilinear rectangular fanlights in bays 3rd and 6th from left, and 3rd and 4th from right; windows in remaining bays at principal floor, regular fenestration to floors above, with blind windows in bay 5th from left at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors, regular fenestration at basement.

N ELEVATION: coursed rubble gable, predominantly blank, with corniced doorpiece, flanked by windows to left of centre at basement, windows centred to floors above.

S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (21-30 Drummond Place).

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered ridge stack, ashlar gablehead stack, with broached ashlar quoins; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with some spear-headed balusters and urn finials.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Second New Town A Group, a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. For mews to rear, see separate listing (West Scotland Street Lane).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808237

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas