Description

Circa 1825. 2-storey with basement, 4-bay terrace, continuous with Nos 2 and 3 Sylvan Place. Brownish stugged ashlar; painted cills at No 5. Base course, dividing band, and blocking courses; recessed cills and window aprons.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: steps up to enterances at 2nd and 3rd bays; deep-set panelled doors; slightly recessed umbrella fanlights over corniced lintels. Single windows above and to remaining bays.

4-pan sash and case windows at No 5; 12-pane sash and case windows at No 4. Grey slates; mutual gablehead stacks.

INTERIORS: not seen 1990.

Low coped boundary wall to street, minus railings.

Statement of Interest

Nos 2 and 3 Sylvan Place are listed separately. Hugh Millar, the geologist, lived at No 5. Nos 1-5 Sylvan Place and Nos 1-7 Fingal Place form two sides of what was, until circa 1860, a square block of 2-storey terraces. The Sylvan Place houses appear to have been developed by Duncan Stevenson, Printer to the University of Edinburgh.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17803613

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)