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1 Burgess Terrace Including Gateway, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Latitude: 55.934 / 55°56'2"N

Longitude: -3.1677 / 3°10'3"W

OS Eastings: 327144

OS Northings: 671830

OS Grid: NT271718

Mapcode National: GBR 8TN.V9

Mapcode Global: WH6ST.93SR

Plus Code: 9C7RWRMJ+HW

Entry Name: 1 Burgess Terrace Including Gateway, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 1 Burgess Terrace, Including Boundary Walls and Pedstrian Gateway

Listing Date: 25 March 1997

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 390892

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44204

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200390892

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Late 19th century. 2 storey, 3 bay, near symmetrical house with classical details. Cream sandstone polished ashlar; rubble to sides and rear. Base course; channelled quoins; chip-carved floreate details over openings; dividing band course; eaves course; cornice.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: shouldered arched, central doorway; panelled door; plate glass fanlight; strip pilasters to corbelled corniced doorpiece with decorative cast iron window guard; single window to 1st floor above with advanced, shouldered architrave. Single window to ground floor outer left with shouldered, advanced and corniced architrave; single window to 1st floor above with advanced, shouldered architrave; full height, 3 light canted window to outer right with polygonal roof.

N ELEVATION: central round arched stair window; opening at ground.

Plate glass, timber, sash and case windows; leaded glass stair window. Grey slate piended roof; coped, rendered and shouldered wallhead stacks.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped boundary wall to street; replacement railings. Pedestrian gate adjoining to N.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Waverley Park development designed by David Cousin for landowner Duncan McLaren, Lord Provost 1851-1854.

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