Description

Later 18th century. 3-storey, attic and basement, 3-bay terraced classical house. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Base course; band courses between basement and principal floor, principal and 1st floor; moulded frieze at impost level at principal floor; cill course at 1st floor; mutuled cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Architraved windows at 1st and 2nd floors, with cornices at 1st floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platt oversailing basement.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched recessed tripartite doorway in bay to left at principal floor, comprising 4-panel timber door with plate glass semicircular fanlight, plate glass sidelights and aprons; windows in round-arched recesses in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above and basement. Flagged basement area.

W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (20 York Place).

E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (24 York Place).

N (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1998.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Polygonal piended slate-hung dormer. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar and rendered ridge stack; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1998. Foliated Roman Doric columns in entrance hall; apsed and panelled dining room.

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

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.

No 22 York Place was the home of Charles Hay, Lord Newton.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17569261

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