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Latitude: 55.9338 / 55°56'1"N
Longitude: -3.1721 / 3°10'19"W
OS Eastings: 326868
OS Northings: 671812
OS Grid: NT268718
Mapcode National: GBR 8SN.YD
Mapcode Global: WH6ST.73QX
Plus Code: 9C7RWRMH+G4
Entry Name: 3, 3A Queen's Crescent, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 3 and 3A Queens Crescent, Including Boundary Walls
Listing Date: 25 March 1997
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 390960
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44252
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200390960
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: House
Circa 1870 with modern additions. 2 storey and attic; 3 bay, asymmetrical Italianate style house with advanced, square-plan, 3 stage tower to outer left. Cream sandstone polished ashlar, channelled at ground; squared and snecked rubble to sides and rear. Base course; dividing band course; advanced hoodmoulds with plain keystones and nail head springers to openings; advanced cills to 1st floor and attic windows; carved floreate motif between lights to both floors to canted bay; bracketed overhanging eaves.
S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: segmental arched doorway to tower at ground; panelled door; plate glass fanlight; narrow single round arched window to 1st floor above; bipartite round arched window to attic. Doorway to outer right (to main house); panelled door; plate glass fanlight; single segmental arched window to 1st floor above. Full height,
5 light canted window in bay to outer right.
E ELEVATION: single central window to 1st floor.
W ELEVATION: modern garage adjoining house at ground; single windows to 1st floor and attic to tower above; bowed bay to left with bipartite, round arched windows to 1st floor. Modern extension adjoining to rear.
Plate glass, timber sash and case windows. Grey slate piended roofs; coped wallhead stacks.
INTERIOR: not seen 1996.
BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped boundary wall to street; replacement railings.
3 Queens Crescent is one of 3 Italianate villas in the Waverley Park development designed by David Cousin for the landowner and former Lord Provost Duncan McLaren. Cousin's design comprises 2 crescents encircling a residents' park with each villa differing in design from its neighbours.
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