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6 Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9371 / 55°56'13"N

Longitude: -3.1909 / 3°11'27"W

OS Eastings: 325704

OS Northings: 672205

OS Grid: NT257722

Mapcode National: GBR 8PM.45

Mapcode Global: WH6SS.Y1PB

Plus Code: 9C7RWRP5+VJ

Entry Name: 6 Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 6 Chalmers Crescent

Listing Date: 15 January 1992

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371206

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30348

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200371206

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1965. 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan villa. Squared and snecked rubble; polished ashlar W elevation. Base and blocking courses; cornice; roll-moulded window surrounds; stugged and rusticated quoins; pedimented ashlar dormers.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central entrance; architraved door surrounded with carved foreate and foliate band; carved consoles supporting cornice; panelled door; plate glass fanlight; single architraved and lugged window at 1st floor centre. Full-height slightly advanced bay flanking to right with tripartite windows and dividing cornice. Full-height canted window flanking to left with dividing cornice. 3 ashlar-faced pedimented dormer windows above eaves. Lower 2-storey wing with single windows at ground and 1st floors and matching details.

N ELEVATION: lower 2-storey service wing.

E ELEVATION: symmetrical fenestration to main house; single windows at ground and 1st floors of service wing.

Mixture of 4-pane and plate sash and case windows.

Grey slate piended roof; lead flashing; 4 skylights; corniced wallhead stack to S; rendered wallhead stack to N.

INTERIOR: leaded light vestibule door; encaustic tiles; ornate plaster cornice.

Low droved ashlar coped rataining wall to street; wrought-iron barleysugar gatepiers with decorative castings; high mutual boundary walls. Large early 20th century garage to rear.

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