We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
Latitude: 55.9562 / 55°57'22"N
Longitude: -3.192 / 3°11'31"W
OS Eastings: 325668
OS Northings: 674331
OS Grid: NT256743
Mapcode National: GBR 8ND.XB
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.YK47
Plus Code: 9C7RXR45+F5
Entry Name: 12 York Place, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 12 York Place, Including Railings and Lamps
Listing Date: 14 September 1966
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 370710
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29979
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200370710
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Terrace house
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.
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 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.
Other nearby listed buildings
