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Mayfield House, 20-20A West Mayfield, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9333 / 55°55'59"N

Longitude: -3.1761 / 3°10'33"W

OS Eastings: 326621

OS Northings: 671760

OS Grid: NT266717

Mapcode National: GBR 8SN.4K

Mapcode Global: WH6ST.54V9

Plus Code: 9C7RWRMF+8H

Entry Name: Mayfield House, 20-20A West Mayfield, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 20 and 20A West Mayfield, Mayfield House Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Pedestrian Gates

Listing Date: 25 March 1997

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 390976

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44440

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200390976

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1870. 2 storey, 3 bay symmetrical classical house; single storey wing adjoining to E. Cream sandstone polished ashlar; rubble to sides and rear. Base course; advanced bracketed architraves to 1st and 2nd floor windows; cill course to 1st floor windows; cornice.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: recessed central doorway; panelled door; plate glass fanlight; pilasters and cornice to doorpiece; single window to 1st floor above; single windows to both floors in remaining bays and to single storey wing.

Plate glass timber sash and case windows. Grey slate piended roof; shouldered, coped wallhead stacks; octagonal moulded cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALLS, GATEPIERS AND PEDESTRIAN GATES: low coped boundary wall to street; round arched coped mutual walls with panelled corniced gatepiers.

Statement of Interest

The southern section of West Mayfield was largely designed in the 1870s by W Hamilton Beattie and J C Hay.

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