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60 Fountainhall Road, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9311 / 55°55'52"N

Longitude: -3.1844 / 3°11'3"W

OS Eastings: 326095

OS Northings: 671528

OS Grid: NT260715

Mapcode National: GBR 8QP.GB

Mapcode Global: WH6ST.15WZ

Plus Code: 9C7RWRJ8+C6

Entry Name: 60 Fountainhall Road, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 60 Fountainhall Road Including Boundary Wall and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 15 January 1992

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371250

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30379

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200371250

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1878. 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan villa with service wing adjoining to E. Squared and snecked sandstone; coursed stugged ashlar with polished dressings to S (entrance) elevation. Base and eaves courses; bracketted cornice; quoin strips; basket-arched wincows at 1st floor; windows architraved at ground floor, chamfered at 1st.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central pilastered porch with paterae, consoled cornice, and arcaded balustrade above; segmental-arched doorway; panelled door; plate glass fanlight; single window with long and short blocks to surround at 1st floor. Corniced advanced bipartite window at ground floor to outer right, with arcaded balustrade above; single window with long and short blocks to surround at 1st floor. Full-height canted window to outer left, with dividing cornice.

E ELEVATION: single sotrey made 2-storey flat-roofed service wing to outer right; single window at ground floor; single round-arched window at 1st floor.

W ELEVATION: replacement timber-framed conservatory with canted end attached to outer right; single window at 1st floor.

Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate piended roof; 3 shoulcered and corniced wallhead stacks (1 rendered); lead flashing; some original rainwater goods; moulded eaves guttering.

INTERIOR: not seen 1990.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: low boundary wall to street; corniced and coped ashlar gatepiers with chamfered angles to ?E; high coped rubble boundary wall to W and mutual walls.

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