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Latitude: 55.9378 / 55°56'16"N
Longitude: -3.2011 / 3°12'4"W
OS Eastings: 325065
OS Northings: 672291
OS Grid: NT250722
Mapcode National: GBR 8ML.2Y
Mapcode Global: WH6SS.S0VT
Plus Code: 9C7RWQQX+4G
Entry Name: 129, 131, 133 Warrender Park Road, Marchmont, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 129-133 (Odd Nos) Warrender Park Road
Listing Date: 19 March 1993
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 371707
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30637
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, Marchmont, 129, 131, 133 Warrender Park Road
ID on this website: 200371707
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Morningside
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Tenement
Possibly Thomas Gibson, circa 1880, 6-bay tenement with Baronial details, forming part of terrace, 3 bays either side identical; stone-cleaned. Coursed grey sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Base course; cornices to ground floor openings, except central doorway; string course at 3rd floor; eaves cornice; chamfered reveals at ground and 1st floors, stop-chamfered to2nd and 3rd; deep-set panelled doors; plate glass fanlights.
S ENTRANCE elevation: doorways in 2nd and 5th bays and between 3rd and 4th bays; blinded balustraded aprons to 1st floor single windows to 2nd and 3rd floors; pedimented dormerheads linked to wallhead stacks. Doorway between 3rd and 4th bays with corbelled and crenellated panel set between 1st and 2nd dloors above. Full-height canted windows in 3rd and 6th bays; swept and facetted pyramidal roofs; decorative iron finial to 6th bay. Bipartite windows in advanced and gabled panels of 1st and 5th bays; blank heraldic shields set in gableheads; stone finial retained to 1st bay. Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; corniced wallhead and mutual stacks; gabletted skewputts.
INTERIORS: not seen 1991.
Low saddleback to street.
This tenement forms part of the $220,000 scheme initiated by the builders W & D Macgrgor for the books of tenements now comprising Warrender Park Crescent, Marchmont Street, Warrender Park Road, and Alvanley Terrace. According to the Building News, Thomas Gibson was the architect, although Dean of Guild Court records show that other architects were involved. Detailed as 135-139 Warrender Park Road.
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