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Latitude: 55.9463 / 55°56'46"N
Longitude: -3.1996 / 3°11'58"W
OS Eastings: 325177
OS Northings: 673238
OS Grid: NT251732
Mapcode National: GBR 8MH.DW
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.TSKV
Plus Code: 9C7RWRW2+G5
Entry Name: 54, 56, 58 West Port, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 54-60 (Even Nos) West Port and 1-12 (Inclusive Nos) Aitchison's Close Including Garden Walls and Railings
Listing Date: 10 April 1986
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 370995
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30194
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200370995
Late 19th century. 4-storey 5-bay symmetrical tenement block with shops to ground; 3-storey 5-bay wing (harled) at right angles to rear. Squared and snecked stugged sandstone (harled to rear). Projecting cills; bipartites to centre bay at 1st 2nd and 3rd; segmental dormerheads breaking eaves in 2 outer bays to left and right; pedimented dormerhead to centre. Timber panelled door to close, giving access to open stair. Concrete access decks to rear with cast-iron brackets and railings; timber panelled doors to flats. Rear wing: curved stone open staircase to centre with concrete steps and cast-iron columns and hand-rail; concrete access decks with cast-iron brackets and railings; timber panelled doors with 2-pane fanlights to flats. Piend-roofed dormers (containing door and window to left and centre, window to right) breaking eaves at 4th floor (3rd to right).
GARDEN WALLS AND RAILINGS: garden to centre with cast-iron railings on retaining walls.
The West Port was originally the SW city gate, and the street now known as West Port lay in the burgh of Portsburgh. Refurbished by The Burrell Company 1986.
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