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6 Kilmaurs Terrace, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9341 / 55°56'2"N

Longitude: -3.1665 / 3°9'59"W

OS Eastings: 327220

OS Northings: 671842

OS Grid: NT272718

Mapcode National: GBR 8VN.28

Mapcode Global: WH6ST.B3CN

Plus Code: 9C7RWRMM+J9

Entry Name: 6 Kilmaurs Terrace, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 2-8 (Even Nos) Kilmaurs Terrace

Listing Date: 29 March 1996

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389544

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43154

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200389544

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1880. 4 2-storey, 2-bay Free Style Baronial houses forming part of terrace. Cream sandstone coursed rubble with ashlar dressings to principal elevation; squared and snecked rubble to side and rear. Base course; cornices to canted bays; coped skews between houses.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: tripartite doorways to 2 central bays and to outer left and penultimate right; 2-leaf panelled doors; plate glass fanlights; carved architraves with panels above doors, segmental-arched to Nos 2 and 8 (No 2 with carved stag's head), round-arched to 2 central doorways; single windows above, those to Nos 2 and 8 pedimented with carved finials. Full-height, 3-light, canted windows to remaining bays; No 8 with broken pediment and polygonal roof; cast-iron finials to roofs.

W (DALKEITH ROAD) ELEVATION: full-height, 3-light canted window to outer right; single windows to both floors to immediate left; single windows to both floors to outer left, at 1st floor breaking eaves with pediment and carved finial.

Predominantly 4-pane, timber, sash and case windows; some plate glass to No 4. Grey slate pitched roof; coped ridge and wallhead stacks.

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