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Latitude: 55.93 / 55°55'48"N
Longitude: -3.171 / 3°10'15"W
OS Eastings: 326932
OS Northings: 671392
OS Grid: NT269713
Mapcode National: GBR 8TP.5R
Mapcode Global: WH6ST.867T
Plus Code: 9C7RWRJH+2H
Entry Name: Belmont House, 8 Craigmillar Park, 6B, 6, 6A, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 6, 6A, 6B and 8 Craigmillar Park, Belmont House, Including Gatepiers and Boundary Walls
Listing Date: 25 March 1997
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 390895
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44207
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 6, 6a, 6b, 8 Craigmillar Park, Belmont House
ID on this website: 200390895
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: House
Circa 1885. 2 storey, 3 bay near symmetrical classical house. Droved cream sandstone with polished ashlar dressings; squared and snecked rubble to sides and rear. Base course; broken pediments to lugged architraves to window openings; cill course to ground floor windows; advanced, bracketed cills to 1st floor windows; dividing band course and cornice; eaves course; cornice and blocking course; decoratively carved quoins, panelled at ground with central diamond motif, partially fluted Ionic strip pilasters to 1st floor.
E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to central porch with flanking red sandstone square plan columns with Renaissance style carving, carved parapet and heraldic lion; moulded architrave to 2 leaf panelled outer door; small paned glazing to panelled vestibule door; plate glass fanlight with border glazing; single window to recessed 1st floor above; advanced bay to outer left with tripartite windows to ground and 1st floors; paired single windows to both floors in bay to outer right.
N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to central entrance via former Venetian stair window; panelled door; plate glass fanlight; small paned stained glass to surrounding panels; single windows to both floors to outer right.
Plate glass, timber sash and case windows. Grey slate piended roof; decorative carving to tall, corniced and coped wallhead stacks with heraldic panel to N.
INTERIOR: not seen 1996.
BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: low coped rubble boundary wall to street; panelled gatepiers with decoratively carved caps bearing house name; replacement railings.
Now subdivided into several flats.
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