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Blackford Mount And Gatepiers, 20 Mortonhall Road, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9278 / 55°55'40"N

Longitude: -3.1931 / 3°11'35"W

OS Eastings: 325546

OS Northings: 671170

OS Grid: NT255711

Mapcode National: GBR 8NQ.PJ

Mapcode Global: WH6SS.X8MH

Plus Code: 9C7RWRH4+4P

Entry Name: Blackford Mount And Gatepiers, 20 Mortonhall Road, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 20 Mortonhall Road Blackford Mount Gatepiers and Boundary Wall

Listing Date: 19 March 1993

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371621

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30582

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200371621

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1890. 2-storey, 4-bay rectangular-plan villa; subdivided. Squared and snecked sandstone cream coursed ashlar to S. Base course; dividing bad course; cornice; architraved windows; bracketted cills; channelled quoins.

S MORTONHALL ROAD elevation: round-arched doorway in 2nd bay from left; pilasters flanking; carved consoles to cornice and piended stone parapet, forming mock window guard to single window at 1st floor; tripartite door; plate glass fanlight. Full-height 4-light canted window in advanced pavilion bay to outer left. Tripartite windows in advanced pavilion bay to outer right. Single windows in 3rd bay. Round-arched dormers set above each bay.

N REAR elevation: 3-bay; double piend-roofed single storey service wing at ground to right; small piend-roofed range of sheds adjoining to outer left; single windows in 1st and 2nd bays; Venetian stairwindow in 3rd bay. Plate glass sash and case windows. grey slate piended roof; shouldered and corniced wallhead; corniced ridge stacks.

INTERIORS: partially seen 1990; highly decorative plasterwork; timber fireplace and panelled dado; stained glass stairwindow.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: 2 polished ashlar gatepiers with chamfered angles; cornices and ball-finials. High coped mutual and boundary walls.

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