History in Structure

9-13 York Place, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

More Photos »
Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9558 / 55°57'20"N

Longitude: -3.1916 / 3°11'29"W

OS Eastings: 325696

OS Northings: 674283

OS Grid: NT256742

Mapcode National: GBR 8PD.0H

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.YKCK

Plus Code: 9C7RXR45+89

Entry Name: 9-13 York Place, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 9-13 (Odd Nos) York Place, Including Railings

Listing Date: 14 September 1966

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 370687

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29961

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 9-13 York Place

ID on this website: 200370687

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Terrace house

Find accommodation in
Edinburgh

Description

Late 18th century. 3-storey, attic and basement, 7-bay classical terrace. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor; squared and snecked rubble at basement. Base course; band courses between basement and principal floor, and between principal and 1st floors; mutuled cornice at 2nd floor. Projecting cills at 2nd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: architraved and corniced doorpiece with 6-panel timber common stair door and 3-pane rectangular fanlight centred at principal floor, flanked by round-arched doorpieces with panelled timber doors and semicircular fanlights, radial to right, plate glass to left; regular fenestration to remaining bays at principal floor, and to floors above and basement. Flagged basement area.

W ELEVATION: adjoining building, see separate listing (7 York Place).

E ELEVATION: adjoining building, see separate listing (15-19A York Place).

S (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1998.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Anthemion and palmette window guards at 1st floor of No 13. Grey slate roof. Slate-hung tripartite rectangular dormer and recessed slate-hung lead-roofed rectangular dormer to right; pair of slate-hung bowed dormers to left. Modern skylights. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered gablehead stack, coursed rubble gablehead stack with broached ashlar dressings, rubble stack with broached ashlar dressings breaking pitch, rendered stack breaking pitch; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1998.

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

Statement of Interest

Part of the Edinburgh New Town A Group, a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. Feuing in York Place began in 1793, after Lord Alva sold land to the north east of St Andrew Square to the city.

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.