Description

Late 18th century. 3-storey, attic and basement, 3-bay terraced classical house. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Base course; band course between basement and principal floor; cill course at 1st floor; mutuled cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platt oversailing basement.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorway in bay to left at principal floor, comprising 2-leaf 10-panel timber door with tooled lintel, reading 'The Drambuie Liqueur Co. Ltd.', surmounted by plate glass semicircular fanlight, with carriage lamp set in wall above; windows in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above and basement, architraved windows with cornices at 1st floor, architraved windows at 2nd floor. Flagged basement area.

W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (10 and 10A York Place).

E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (14 and 14A York Place).

N (REAR) ELEVATION: regular fenestration; 2-storey workshop, J and F Johnston, 1960, adjoining early 20th century 7-bay building to street at Dublin Street Lane South; coursed rubble, broached ashlar side elevations, red sandstone dressings, modern garage door to right at ground, with stone lintel.

Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Modern sky lights. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge stacks; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1998. Entrance hall with Gothic details.

RAILINGS AND LAMPS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed and urn finials. Cast-iron railing-mounted lamps with glass globes.

Statement of Interest

Part of 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

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17569225

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)