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Latitude: 55.9528 / 55°57'10"N
Longitude: -3.2056 / 3°12'20"W
OS Eastings: 324816
OS Northings: 673963
OS Grid: NT248739
Mapcode National: GBR 8LF.5L
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QMQW
Plus Code: 9C7RXQ3V+4Q
Entry Name: 16 Young Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 14 Young Street
Listing Date: 3 March 1966
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 370744
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30007
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200370744
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
John Young, soon after 1779. 2-storey, half-sunk basement and attic, 3-bay classical former house. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Eaves cornice. To centre bay, architraved corniced doorpiece containing steps to deeply set door and 3-pane fanlight with wrought-iron lamp bracket. Right bay with tripartite windows. Later full-width slate-hung dormer.
3-storey 3-bay rubble rear elevation.
Timber sash and case 12-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews; stone stacks; grey slates.
INTERIOR: not seen 1995.
The site was feued to the builder Young in 1779, and became officially known as Young Street in 1806. Listed at Category A despite the obtrusive dormer, and A Group with Nos 10-22 (even 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. Freestanding coursed rubble double garage to rear (No 6 Young Street Lane South - see separate listing).
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