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Latitude: 55.9546 / 55°57'16"N
Longitude: -3.1967 / 3°11'47"W
OS Eastings: 325377
OS Northings: 674149
OS Grid: NT253741
Mapcode National: GBR 8MD.ZY
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.VLYJ
Plus Code: 9C7RXR33+R8
Entry Name: 17 Thistle Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 17 Thistle Street
Listing Date: 28 March 1996
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 389815
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43352
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 17 Thistle Street
ID on this website: 200389815
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Circa 1780; later additions including rebuild, 1977. 4-storey 3-bay classical office (formerly house). Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Roman Doric pilastered doorcase to left with 3-pane fanlight; glazed inner door with radiating fanlight. 3rd storey added. Glass curtain wall with dry-dashed strip to rear.
Timber sash and case 12-pane windows to front.
INTERIOR: considerably altered to form modern office.
Listed at Category B 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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