Description

Circa 1790. 3-storey and attic, 7-bay Classical tenement with altered shops to ground. Ashlar, rubble to rear. Cill course, raised cills to 2nd storey windows. Dentilled entablature. 5 later pedimented dormers.

Predominantly plate glass timber sash and case windows, plate glass to ground. Grey slates. Coped gable stacks.

Access to vaults below street level (see South Bridge listing).

Statement of Interest

A Group with the South Bridge and Nos 4-13, 19-67 and 87-99 South Bridge and 9 and 10 Hunter Square and 107-108 South Bridge.

This is a good example of a simply detailed, late 18th century Classical tenement building which forms part of the original South Bridge scheme for shops and tenements along the sides of the South Bridge. It is an important part of the streetscape.

In 1753, the South Bridge Act made provision for the building of a bridge to form a link between the North Bridge (see separate listing) and the newly expanding South side of the city. A group of Trustees was set up to oversee the project. These trustees planned to have unified facades down both sides of the bridge and a number of architects, including Robert Adam, put forward suggested plans for these. The Adam scheme was for a grand, fully colonnaded street - this was rejected because of cost. The Edinburgh architect Robert Kay put forward a simpler plan and the Trustees asked that he consult with John Baxter and John Brown, two other Edinburgh architects and builders. The final design, which is thought to be an combination of different designs from these architects, was for a terrace of 3-storey, 7-bay, simple Classical facades, punctuated with pediments. Extra pediments were then added to the corners.

The A Group recognises the importance of the South Bridge and its associated streetscape buildings as being an outstanding and significant scheme in late 18th century town planning.

List description revised as part of Edinburgh Holyrood Ward resurvey 2007-08.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56632186

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