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159, 161 Rose Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9515 / 55°57'5"N

Longitude: -3.2051 / 3°12'18"W

OS Eastings: 324846

OS Northings: 673821

OS Grid: NT248738

Mapcode National: GBR 8LG.81

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QNZV

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ2V+JX

Entry Name: 159, 161 Rose Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 159, 161 and 161A Rose Street

Listing Date: 28 March 1996

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389788

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43334

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200389788

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1780. 3-storey and attic 7-bay tenement with shop and bar at ground flanking common stair door. Coursed rubble with droved ashlar and band courses at ground. Pair of tripartite dormers to E, 2 earlier piend-roofed dormers to W (that to left tripartite).

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slates

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

A Group with 163-167 Rose 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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