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190 Ferry Road, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9739 / 55°58'26"N

Longitude: -3.1905 / 3°11'25"W

OS Eastings: 325801

OS Northings: 676296

OS Grid: NT258762

Mapcode National: GBR 8P6.70

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.Y3XN

Plus Code: 9C7RXRF5+HR

Entry Name: 190 Ferry Road, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 188 and 190 Ferry Road Including Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 17 October 1996

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 390271

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43693

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200390271

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Forth

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1860. 2-storey, 6-bay pair of gabled symmetrical houses with Tudor Gothic details; set back from street. Rectangular-plan with advanced end blocks and later additions to rear. Squared and snecked stugged yellow sandstone; polished surrounds to openings; long and short quoins. Chamfered surrounds to windows; canted windows to outer left and right. Doric columned stone porches with tudor arches and swept piended roofs; overhanging eaves.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central porches set in re-entrant angles with advanced bays to outer left and right. Doric column to left and right of centre No 188 and No 190 respectively supports moulded Tudor arch; blank frieze; projecting eaves and swept piended roof with grey diamond slates. Timber panelled doors and plate glass fanlights to both. Single windows to inner bays at both floors; gable aligned above. 2-storey, 3-light canted windows in bays to outer left and right; timber quatrefoil-details set in apex. Later dormer window to No 190 in bay to inner right.

4-pane timber sash and case windows in bays to inner left and right.

4 and 2-pane timber sash and case windows to canted openings. Grey slate gabled roof in diminishing courses. Coped sandstone apex stacks to E (3 octagonal cans) and W (2 octagonal cans); mutual ridge stack to centre (full set of octagonal cans).

BOUNDARY WALL: coursed yellow sandstone wall; polished sandstone coping. Replacement ironwork; driveway access to both.

Statement of Interest

Little altered.

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