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Latitude: 55.9506 / 55°57'2"N
Longitude: -3.2067 / 3°12'24"W
OS Eastings: 324742
OS Northings: 673725
OS Grid: NT247737
Mapcode National: GBR 8KG.YB
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QP6J
Plus Code: 9C7RXQ2V+78
Entry Name: 137-138 Princes Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 137 and 138 Princes Street
Listing Date: 12 December 1974
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 370933
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30148
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 137 - 138 Princes Street
ID on this website: 200370933
Circa 1790; facade dismantled and re-erected by Morris and Steedman, 1976. 3-storey and attic 4-bay surviving half of former classical tenement, now facade to fast food restaurant. Droved ashlar sandstone. Set back former common stair bay to right; eaves cornice. Modern shopfront at ground; large pedimented tripartite dormer (1976).
Timber sash and case 12-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews, rebuilt stone stacks; grey slates.
INTERIOR: modern.
Listed at Grade B 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.
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