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Clydesdale Bank, 22 Newington Road, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9384 / 55°56'18"N

Longitude: -3.1792 / 3°10'45"W

OS Eastings: 326438

OS Northings: 672328

OS Grid: NT264723

Mapcode National: GBR 8RL.JR

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.4ZCZ

Plus Code: 9C7RWRQC+88

Entry Name: Clydesdale Bank, 22 Newington Road, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 22-30 (Even Nos) Newington Road

Listing Date: 29 March 1996

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389561

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43162

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200389561

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1875. 4-storey, 6-bay including angle bays, symmetrical classical tenement with shops at ground. Cream sandstone ashlar; rubble to N. Cornice to shopfronts; shouldered and lugged architraves to windows above ground; bracketed cills; panelled aprons to 1st floor windows; cill course to 3rd floor windows; giant order, strip pilasters with decorative fan-motif panels to base, to angle bays; cornice and blocking course.

E (NEWINGTON ROAD) ELEVATION: tenement door to right of centre; boarded door; plate glass fanlight; blank central bay above; regular fenestration to outer right and left; bipartite windows to angle bays. Modern bank (Clydesdale) to ground floor to right; traditional shopfront to ground floor to left (Spence's Chemist); doorway to left of centre; 2-leaf, panelled outer door; inner door with plate glass panel; plate glass fanlight with original printed advertisement; pestle and mortar trade sign above; 2-leaf door with plate glass panels to angle bay; plate glass fanlight; plain pilasters between openings; panels and pilasters with capitals to angle bay; traditional lettering to frieze.

S (WEST NEWINGTON PLACE) ELEVATION: 2-bay, blank bay to right; regular fenestration to left; shopfront continues as on Newington Road at ground.

Predominantly original 4-pane, timber, sash and case windows; some plate glass; pivot windows to 1st floor right of centre. Grey slate piended roof; coursed and coped wallhead stacks to E and S; rendered and coped wallhead stack to N; moulded cans.

INTERIOR: dispensing room fittings, including drawers to rear of Spence?s Chemist.

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