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59 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Morningside, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9372 / 55°56'13"N

Longitude: -3.1942 / 3°11'39"W

OS Eastings: 325495

OS Northings: 672212

OS Grid: NT254722

Mapcode National: GBR 8NM.G5

Mapcode Global: WH6SS.X13B

Plus Code: 9C7RWRP4+V8

Entry Name: 59 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 59 Marchmont Road

Listing Date: 19 March 1993

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371588

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30550

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200371588

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Morningside

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

William Hogg, 1887. 4-storey, 4-bay Scottish 17th century style tenement, forming terminal block to terrace. Squared and snecked with polished ashlar dressings. Base course; string course above 1st floor; corbel table at 3rd floor; crowstepped gables with inset paterae to outer bays; semi-circular dormerheads with stone finials to inner bays; chamfered reveals.

W ENTRANCE elevation: roll-moulded doorway at centre with hoodmoulding over datestone; panelled door; plate glass fanlight; bracketted chimney breast above. Single windows in flanking bays. Full-height canted windows corbelled to square at gablehead in bays to outer left and right. S ELEVATION: M-gabled. Central single windows at 1st floor and above; square blank tablets set between 2nd and 3rd floors and in gableheads. Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; corniced gablehead stack to SW; rendered and coped gablehead stack to SE; coped mutual stack; beak skewputts.

INTERIORS: not seen 1991.

Low boundary wall to street.

Statement of Interest

Designed for the builder, John Pyper, along with the neighbouring Nos 55 and 57 Marchmont Road (see separate lisings).

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