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Latitude: 55.9511 / 55°57'4"N
Longitude: -3.2031 / 3°12'11"W
OS Eastings: 324965
OS Northings: 673775
OS Grid: NT249737
Mapcode National: GBR 8LG.N5
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.RPW4
Plus Code: 9C7RXQ2W+FP
Entry Name: 118 Princes Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 118 Princes Street and 2 Castle Street
Listing Date: 28 March 1996
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 389776
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43325
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 118 Princes Street
ID on this website: 200389776
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Late 18th century; significant additions 1983. 3-storey and attic former classical tenement on corner site with enveloping glazed timber front built out at ground and 1st floor. Droved cream sandstone ashlar. Timber facade with swept corners and cast-iron balustrade. Original 2nd floor with 5 bays to Princes Street, that to left recessed (formerly common stair); long and short angle quoins, moulded eaves cornice (bracketed to left bay); broad swept slate-hung dormer with canted window to right, pair of single dormers to left, all piend-roofed. 3-bay gable to Castle Street with single attic window, and small blank wing to N.
12-pane timber sash and case windows to upper floors. Ashlar coped skews; ashlar stack to E, removed to W (tiny replacements); grey slates.
INTERIOR: modern commercial premises, extends into No 4 Castle Street (see separate listing).
A Group with Nos 119-120 Princes Street and No 4 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. The current appearance is a reinterpretation of earlier alterations.
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