Description

1792-4; subsequent alterations. Former 3-storey basement and attic 3-bay classical house with early 20th century shop built out at ground. Droved sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Arched tripartite doorway survives to left bay. Eaves cornice; pair of later 19th century canted piend-roofed dormers.

Timber sash and case 4-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews; large mutual stacks, stone to N, rendered to S; grey slates.

INTERIOR: at ground, apsidal ended former Dining Room slapped through into shop window at front. Curving cantilevered top-lit stair with alternate decorative cast-iron banisters; simplifies at 2nd floor. At 1st floor, 19th century, and subsequent, alterations; interconnects with No 21 (see separate listing).

Statement of Interest

Formerly rusticated at ground, unlike the other houses in this block; note that the build is seamless with No 25. A Group with Nos 21-33 (odd nos) Castle Street as a significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808172

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)