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2 Dick Place, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9345 / 55°56'4"N

Longitude: -3.1813 / 3°10'52"W

OS Eastings: 326295

OS Northings: 671904

OS Grid: NT262719

Mapcode National: GBR 8RN.24

Mapcode Global: WH6ST.33BB

Plus Code: 9C7RWRM9+RF

Entry Name: 2 Dick Place, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 2 Dick Place, Including Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371216

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30357

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200371216

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1860, style of David Cousin. 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan villa with single storey mansard roofed service wing attached to W; subdivided. Squared and snecked rubble sides and rear; stugged coursed ashlar to N elevation. Base course; eaves cornice; rusticated quoins; raised window surrounds; bracketted cills; ground floor windows corniced.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central pilastered doorpiece with scrolled consoles to cornice; panelled door; plate glass fanlight; single window above and in remaining bays. Service wing adjoining to outer right; 2 single windows at ground floor; cornice to deep pierced stone balustrade; single corniced and block-pedimented dormer window; mansard roof.

E ELEVATION: forestair to 1st floor secondary entrance intercepting former stairwindow, with remainder as round-arched fanlight; single window flanking to left.

6-pain sash and case windows (surrounds painted at ground floor). Grey slate piended roof; lead flashing; 4 shouldered wallhead stacks with deep cornices; tall moulded octagonal cans; moulded eaves guttering.

INTERIORS: not seen 1990.

Low saddleback wall with replacement railings to street; high coped wall with pedestrian gateways adjoining house to E.

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