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8 Spottiswoode Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Morningside, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9389 / 55°56'20"N

Longitude: -3.1977 / 3°11'51"W

OS Eastings: 325284

OS Northings: 672411

OS Grid: NT252724

Mapcode National: GBR 8ML.SK

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.VZHJ

Plus Code: 9C7RWRQ2+HW

Entry Name: 8 Spottiswoode Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 8 Spottiswoode Street

Listing Date: 19 March 1993

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371641

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30600

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 8 Spottiswoode Street

ID on this website: 200371641

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Morningside

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Tenement

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Description

Edward Calvert 1885. 4-storey, 4-bay tenement with Baronial details, forming part of terrace. Squared and snecked cream sandstone with contrasting polished dressings. Base course; string course above ground floor; 3rd floor single windows breaking eaves in semi-circular pediments. W ENTRANCE elevation: roll-moulded doorway with relieving arch to right of centre; panelled door; plate glass fanlight; small single window flanking to right; single windows above. Single windows in 2nd bay. Full-height canted windows corbelled to square at crowstepped gables in bays to outer left and right; string course above 1st floor. Central corbelled chimneybreast with wallhead stack. Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; coped wallhead stack; coped mutual stacks. INTERIORS: not seen 1991.

Low coped boundary to street.

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