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Latitude: 55.9336 / 55°56'0"N
Longitude: -3.1722 / 3°10'20"W
OS Eastings: 326862
OS Northings: 671791
OS Grid: NT268717
Mapcode National: GBR 8SN.XG
Mapcode Global: WH6ST.74N2
Plus Code: 9C7RWRMH+C4
Entry Name: 2 Queen's Crescent, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 2 Queens Crescent, Including Boundary Walls
Listing Date: 25 March 1997
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 390959
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44251
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200390959
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: House
Circa 1870 with modern additions. 2 storey, 2 bay house with classical details. Cream sandstone squared and snecked rubble with polished ashlar dressings. Base course; recessed aprons to windows; strip pilasters and carved keystones to roll moulded, round arched architraves; cornice; blocking course to bowed bay; long and short quoins.
S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: doorway in bay to outer right; panelled door; plate glass fanlight; single window with bracketed cill to 1st floor above. Full height, 3 light bowed bay to outer left.
E ELEVATION: modern garage extension at ground; advanced, tripartite stair window above.
W ELEVATION: central bowed bay; single window at ground and to 1st floor above.
Plate glass, timber, sash and case windows. Grey slate piended roof; corniced wallhead stack to W; rendered and coped wallhead stack to E; tall moulded cans.
INTERIOR: not seen 1996.
BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped boundary wall to street.
Queens Crescent is part of the Waverley Park development designed by David Cousin for the landowner and former Lord Provost (1851-1854), Duncan McLaren. Cousin's design comprises two crescents encircling a residents' park. Each villa was to be different in design to its neighbours.
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