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15 Young Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.953 / 55°57'10"N

Longitude: -3.2056 / 3°12'20"W

OS Eastings: 324817

OS Northings: 673987

OS Grid: NT248739

Mapcode National: GBR 8LF.5H

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QMQQ

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ3V+6Q

Entry Name: 15 Young Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 13 Young Street

Listing Date: 3 March 1966

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 370735

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30001

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 13 Young Street

ID on this website: 200370735

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

John Young, soon after 1779. 2-storey, half-sunk basement and attic, 3-bay classical former house. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Base course, eaves cornice and blocking course. To centre bay, architraved doorpiece with mutuled cornice containing steps to deeply set door and 3-pane fanlight. Left bay with tripartite windows (including basement). Later full-width slate-hung corniced dormer.

3-storey 2-bay rear elevation adjoined by 2-storey block of neighbouring church.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews; stone stacks, rendered to E; grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

The site was feued to the builder Young in 1779, and became officially known as Young Street in 1806. This house is a mirrored pair to No 15. Listed at Category A despite the obtrusive later dormer, and A Group with Nos 1-7 and 15-21 (odd nos) Young Street, as a significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. Young Street and Hill Street contain the smartest versions of the 2-storey New Town house.

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