Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, 1804. 3-storey, attic and basement, 4-bay terraced tenement, with public house. Rubble with tooled dressings; raised margins to 1st and 2nd floor windows at outer right.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: public house (The Star Tavern) spanning 3 bays to left at principal floor, comprising 2-leaf panelled timber door with bracket street lamp (formerly gas) centred in louvred rectangular fanlight. Lowered panelled timber door to outer right at principal floor, with 2-pane rectangular fanlight and vertically-boarded timber infill. Regular fenestration to floors above.

W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (2-5 Northumberland Place).

E ELEVATION: random rubble, obscured by single storey building; windows to outer right at 1st and 2nd floors, to right of centre and outer left at attic.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; rectangular piended dormers to left and right. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered gablehead stack; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Second New Town A Group, convening a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. Northumberland Place and Street feued by the Heriot Trust were part of the first extension of the New Town planned by Reid and Sibbald in 1802. Building started in 1804, and was complete by about 1819. The more finely finished continuation of Northumberland Place serves formally the view at the top of Nelson Street, from Drummond Place, whereas at 1 Northumberland Place, the elevation is hidden from view, hence the rubble facing.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17810930

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)