Description

1767-8; subsequent alterations. 2-storey and attic pair of 2-bay semi-detached classical houses, now electrical sub-station. Sandstone rubble (some red) with ashlar dressings. At centre, pair of corniced architraved doorpieces with central wrought-iron lamp bracket. Flanked by 2 bays to each side; to S, projecting corniced tripartite window at ground; larger windows at 1st floor. Eaves cornice; open-pedimented ashlar wallhead dormer to S with canted slate-hung slides; piend-roofed tripartite dormer to N.

Irregular gable end with garage door created at ground. Rear elevation with further openings created at ground.

Timber sash and case windows. Ashlar coped skews; grey slates; stone stacks.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995; now electricity sub-station.

FORECOURT WITH BOUNDARY WALLS, GATEPIERS, GATES AND RAILINGS: ashlar coped rubble walls enclose forecourt; iron gates with thistle fretwork. Ashlar footings and modern railings mark site of former well (?). Pair of corniced gatepiers with flattened pyramidal copes.

Statement of Interest

One of a pair facing each other across courtyard perpendicular to Thistle Street. Probably the earliest surviving buildings in Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. This pair was clearly built soon after Nos 1 and 2 (see separate listing).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17569713

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014