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77, 79, 81 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Morningside, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9361 / 55°56'9"N

Longitude: -3.194 / 3°11'38"W

OS Eastings: 325509

OS Northings: 672090

OS Grid: NT255720

Mapcode National: GBR 8NM.JK

Mapcode Global: WH6SS.X275

Plus Code: 9C7RWRP4+CC

Entry Name: 77, 79, 81 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 77-81 (Odd Nos) Marchmont Road

Listing Date: 15 January 1992

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371370

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30443

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200371370

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Morningside

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Tenement

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Description

David McArthy, 1883. 4-storey, 4-bay tenement, part of Scottish 17th century style terrace. Squared and snecked sandstone with contrasting polished ashlar dressings. Base course; cornice above ground floor; string course above 2nd floor; roll-moulded door surrounds; panelled doors; plate glass fanlights; chamfered reveals.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: near-symmetrical. 3 doorway and single window to central bays at ground floor. Full-hight canted windows to outer left and right; dividing and eaves cornices; parapet with fielded panels and swan-neck pediment to bay to outer left; hexagonal pyramidal roofs. Bipartite windows to central bays, 3rd floor windows braking eaves in pedimented dormerheads. Central framed and pedimented plaque above 1st floor; corbelled panel with blind oculus above, breaking eaves and linked to corniced central stack.

Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; corniced mutual stacks; moulded octagonal cans.

INTERIORS: not seen 1990.

Low saddleback wall to street.

Statement of Interest

B Group with 83-129 (odd nos) Marchmont Road and 2-10 (inc)? Beauford Road. Designed for John Budge, contractor.

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