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23, 23A Castle Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.952 / 55°57'7"N

Longitude: -3.2029 / 3°12'10"W

OS Eastings: 324984

OS Northings: 673874

OS Grid: NT249738

Mapcode National: GBR 8LF.QV

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.SN0G

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ2W+RV

Entry Name: 23, 23A Castle Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 23 Castle Street

Listing Date: 3 March 1966

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389717

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43280

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 23, 23a Castle Street

ID on this website: 200389717

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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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.

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