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8-10 Grove Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Latitude: 55.9456 / 55°56'44"N

Longitude: -3.213 / 3°12'46"W

OS Eastings: 324339

OS Northings: 673173

OS Grid: NT243731

Mapcode National: GBR 8JJ.N4

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.MT6D

Plus Code: 9C7RWQWP+6R

Entry Name: 8-10 Grove Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 8 and 10 Grove Street, Including Railings

Listing Date: 12 March 1997

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 390723

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44036

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 8 - 10 Grove Street

ID on this website: 200390723

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

1822 with later alterations. 2-storey, 6-bay mirrored pair of terraced town houses. V-jointed polished sandstone ashlar rustication at ground floor; polished sandstone ashlar band between ground and 1st floors; droved sandstone ashlar at 1st floor. Base course; band course between ground and 1st floors; cill course at 1st floor; cornice and blocking course at eaves.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: No 10 (to left): deep-set timber panelled door with rectangular fanlight at ground floor in bay to right; window at 1st floor above and in each bay of all floors to left. No 8 (to right): identical, mirrored arrangement.

N AND S ELEVATIONS: obscured by adjoining buildings.

W ELEVATION: not seen 2000.

12-pane timber sash and case windows, with modern glazing (tilt and turn) at 1st floor to No 8. Grey slate roof; irregularly disposed rooflights to E pitch. Coped skews. Coped ashlar multi-flue ridge stack to right (N). Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIORS: not seen 2000.

RAILINGS: dwarf wall with ashlar cope, mounted by replacement railings to street.

Statement of Interest

B-Group with 19-25, 4 and 6, 12 and 12A, 14-18 and 2 Grove Street and 181 Morrison Street (see separate listings). These crisply rusticated town houses are part of a small terrace development which continues south to No 18, and north to No 2 (see separate list descriptions). No 10 has been stone cleaned.

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