Description

Probably Edward Calvert, circa 1880. 5-storey and basement with 5th storey as mansard attic, 5-bay tenement with baronial details, forming part of terrace. Squared and snecked pink sandstone with contrasting polished ashlar dressings. String courses at 1st and 4th floors; corbel table above 3rd floor stepped down to 2nd floor, forming segmental-arched hood between 3rd and 4th bays; crowstepped gables; stop-chamfered reveals. N ENTRANCE elevation: roll-moulded doorways with recessed polished granite colonnettes and foliate capitals in 2nd and 4th bays; deep-set panelled doors; plate glass fanlights. Single windows above in 2nd bay; pedimented dormerhead at 4th floor. Doorway in 4th bay flanked to left by simpler roll-moulded doorway with panelled door and plate glass fanlight; bipartite windows above; crowstepped dormerhead to single window at 4th floor. Bipartite windows in 3rd (centre) bay; hoodmoulding at ground; crowstepped dormerhead to single window at 4th floor. Full-height advanced gabled bays with biaprtite windows and single lights to returns in bays to outer left and right; decorative dividing band courses above ground floor; dividing string courses; cornice above 3rd floor; tripartite windows at 4th floor; decorative semi-circular mouldings set in gableheads. Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; 4 stacks linked and corniced at wallhead to N; coped mutual stacks; stone finials; scroll-bracketted skewputts.

INTERIORS: not seen 1991.

RAILINGS: decorative cast-iron railings to basement and steps up to entrances.

Statement of Interest

Probably designed for the consortium of developers, Henderson, Nisbet, Bowie, and Calvert (see Cant).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17806224

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)