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1 Palmerston Road, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9367 / 55°56'12"N

Longitude: -3.192 / 3°11'31"W

OS Eastings: 325634

OS Northings: 672159

OS Grid: NT256721

Mapcode National: GBR 8NM.XB

Mapcode Global: WH6SS.Y15N

Plus Code: 9C7RWRP5+M6

Entry Name: 1 Palmerston Road, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 1 and 3 Palmerston Road

Listing Date: 15 January 1992

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371412

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30456

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 1 Palmerston Road

ID on this website: 200371412

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1867. 2-storey, 4-bay rectangular plan double villa, subdivided. Squared and snecked rubble; stugged ashlar entrance elevation. Base and blocking course; cornice; stop-chamfered quoins; distinctive

mannered, shallow hoodmoulds to windows: roll-moulded architraves.

S (ENTRANCE) elevation: entrances in 2nd and 3rd bays; advanced round-arched doorpieces with roll-mouldings, carved consoles, and corniced; panelled doors; plate glass fanlights. Single windows above with decorative wrought-iron guards on cornice below; full-height canted windows with dividing cornices to outer left and right.

E ELEVATION: blank.

W ELEVATION: blank.

N ELEVATION: not seen.

Mixture of 4-pane and plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slates. Coped gables; canted dormer windows to outrer left and right; paired box dormers at centre; twin corniced stacks to E and W; original decorative rainwater goods to S elevation.

INTERIORS: encaustic tiled vestibule and decorative plaster mouldings at No 1; encaustic tiled hallway and original staircase with cast-iron balustrade at No 3.

Low coped wall to street; 2 end piers with chamfered corners and incised diamond motif.

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