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The Coalyard House, 64 St Leonard's Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9422 / 55°56'31"N

Longitude: -3.1787 / 3°10'43"W

OS Eastings: 326475

OS Northings: 672753

OS Grid: NT264727

Mapcode National: GBR 8RK.MC

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.4XL0

Plus Code: 9C7RWRRC+VG

Entry Name: The Coalyard House, 64 St Leonard's Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: St Leonard Street 64, the Coalyard House, Formerly Called Hermits and Termits

Listing Date: 12 December 1974

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 370955

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30164

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Hermits and Termits

ID on this website: 200370955

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Formerly dated 1734 with initials CW&M and Clifton Crest.
2-storey and attic 4-window and centre shouldered doorpiece
ground floor (panel above removed) 3-window 1st floor,
1-window centre wallhead gable, scroll skews: later stucco
with margins, slated. Interior bricked up, but contains
panelled entrance hall and good ground floor drawing room
with china niche and secret door, upper part of stair
has turned mahogany balusters, one panelled bedroom.

Statement of Interest

Built by William Clifton, Solicitor of Excise, Leased in

1807 to the engraver Robert Scott (1771-1841); David Scott

RSA (1806-49) brought up here; William Bell Scott HRSA LLD

(1811-90) Pre-Raphaelite artist born here. Sold to Edinburgh

and Dalkeith Railway 1827, became railway office for the

adjoining coalyard. Deserted since 1968, bricked up and

chimneys shortened.

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