Description

Circa 1825. 2-storey andbasement terrace of 5 3-bay villas culminating in 3-storey pavilion blocks to outer left and right. Sandstone rubble with channelled ashlar ground floor and polished ashlar 1st floor. Base course; dividing band course; continuous cornice above 1st floor windows; blocking course to 2-storey villas; window aprons (for exceptions see below).

PAVILION BLOCK TO E (1 SYLVAN PLACE/7 FINGAL PLACE):

E (SYLVAN PLACE) ELEVATION: 4-bay including recessed corner bay; steps up to doorway at 2nd bay; panelled door; 6-light fanlight; single windows above and in bays to outer left and right blinded single windows in remaining bay.

N (FINGAL PLACE) elevation: 5-bay; steps up to central doorway; panelled door; fanlight; single windows above and in remaining bays.

PAVILION BLOCK TO W (1 FINGAL PLACE/1 ARGYLE PLACE):

W (ARGYLE PLACE) elevation: 5-bay; steps up to central doorway; panelled door; irregular panes to fanlight; single windows above, in bay to outer right and at ground floor to inner right. Blinded single windows in remaining bays.

N (FINGAL PLACE) ELEVATION: 6-bay, including 2 bays slightly recessed and bowed to outer right. Steps up to doorway at 3rd bay; single windows above and in remaining bays.

" STOREY TERRACE (2-6 FINGAL PLACE): slightly recessed doorways at bays 3, 4, 9, 10, and 15; deep-set panelled doors; plate glass fanlights. Single windows above doorways and in remaining bays; aprons to all windows except 1st floor bays 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, and 9; cast-iron decorative window guards to 1st floor windows at bays 1, 2, and 3.

Predominantly 12-pane sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; corniced mutual stacks; corniced and coped wallhead stacks to pavailion blocks; various types of moulded can.

INTERIORS: not seen 1990.

Cast-iron railings to street.

Statement of Interest

See 2-3 and 4-5 Sylvan Place (listed separately). Nos 1-5 Sylvan Place land 107 Fingal Place form two sides of what was, until Circa 1860, A Sqare block of 2-storey terraces.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17797438

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)