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Latitude: 55.9391 / 55°56'20"N
Longitude: -3.1823 / 3°10'56"W
OS Eastings: 326246
OS Northings: 672415
OS Grid: NT262724
Mapcode National: GBR 8QL.WH
Mapcode Global: WH6SM.2ZXD
Plus Code: 9C7RWRQ9+J3
Entry Name: 4, 5, 6 Lord Russell Place, Summerhall Place, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 1-6 (Inclusive Nos) Lord Russell Place and 12 Sciennes
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 371346
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30422
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, Summerhall Place, 4, 5, 6 Lord Russell Place
ID on this website: 200371346
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
1834. 6 blocks of 4-storey tenements with classical details, on rising ground forming L-plan, with 3-bay bow to N (No 1) and shop at ground floor in curved corner bay to SE (No 6). Squared and snecked rubble; coursed polished ashlar to N and E (entrance) elevations. Base, linel, cill (3rd floor) courses, cornices and blocking courses; parapet to principal N elevation; droved window margins. Central deep-set panelled doors and plate glass fanlights to each block; no windows above entrance bays.
N ELEVATION: 5-bay; 3 centre bays bowed; blinded windows to each floor in 1st and 3rd bays; windows in remaining bays.
E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: each block 5-bay except No 2 (7-bay); raised lugged door surrounds to Nos 3 and 5.
Shop window at ground floor bay to outer left of No 5.
Single recessed curved corner bay (No 6) to outer left; later shop windows flanking entrance to shop at ground floor; single window to each floor above, tablet to blocking course.
S (SCIENCES PLACE) ELEVATION: 7-bay; entrance at 5th bay; single window above and in remaining bays.
W (SCIENNES) ELEVATION: 2 bays advanced to outer left; gushed at re-entrant; single windows in all bays. Advanced 5-bay block to outer right; central entrance; single windows in remaining bays; single windows to return to left.
12-pane sash and case windows; some plate glass sash and case windows to rear elevations and to No 5 1st floor entrance elevation. Grey slate pitched roof; shouldered and corniced wallhead stacks to S and W; corniced wallhead stacks to N and W; remaining mutual stacks either corniced or coped and rendered.
INTERIORS: not seen 1990.
Low coped rubble boundary wall to Sciennes; similar mutual wall.
The tenement is stited strategically at a road junction, with the N elevation detailed accordingly.
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