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Latitude: 55.9385 / 55°56'18"N
Longitude: -3.1907 / 3°11'26"W
OS Eastings: 325718
OS Northings: 672359
OS Grid: NT257723
Mapcode National: GBR 8PL.5P
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.YZSV
Plus Code: 9C7RWRQ5+CP
Entry Name: Sylvan House, 13 Sylvan Place, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 13 Sylvan Place, Sylvan House, Including Boundary Walls
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 371461
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30485
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 13 Sylvan Place, Sylvan House
ID on this website: 200371461
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Building
Earlier to mid 18th century with later alterations. 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical rectangular-plan house. Harled rubble with polished ashlar dressings. Ashlar window surrounds and quoins.
N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATIONS: central doorpiece with lugged architrave egg and dart moulding, carved consoles and segmental-arched pediment; panelled door; 6-pane fanlight. Single windows above and in remaining bays.
W ELEVATION: blocked single window at ground floor. 2 single windows at 1st floor. Blocked attic window.
E ELEVATION: single window in gablehead.
S ELEVATION: 3 single windows at ground and 1st floors. 12-pane sash and case windows. Grey slate pitched roof; 2 corniced gablehead stacks; piend-roofed dormer to S.
INTERIOR: not seen 1990.
High coped rubble boundary wall to lane.
For a possible detating sylvan house see M Cant. Kirkwood's 1817 Map of Edinburgh shows an additional wing to the west, forming an L-plan. This was demolished in 1885 to make way for tenements on Sylvan Place.
Sylvan House was sympathetically restored in 1983, when 20th century cement rendering was removed and replaced with lime harl.
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