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7 West Scotland Street Lane, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9595 / 55°57'34"N

Longitude: -3.1962 / 3°11'46"W

OS Eastings: 325416

OS Northings: 674695

OS Grid: NT254746

Mapcode National: GBR 8NC.25

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.WG5R

Plus Code: 9C7RXR53+QG

Entry Name: 7 West Scotland Street Lane, Edinburgh

Listing Name: West Scotland Street Lane

Listing Date: 24 March 1998

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392459

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45526

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 7 West Scotland Street Lane

ID on this website: 200392459

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Mews

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Description

Earlier 19th century. 2 L-plan mews blocks creating V-plan mews with triangular court. Predominantly coursed rubble, some droved dressings.

N BLOCK: predominantly 2-storey. Variety of 2-leaf vertically-boarded timber doors in bays at ground, segmental-arched carriage door openings at centre. 2-leaf 6-panel timber door in NE corner, with 6-pane fanlight. Round-arched loading doors rising into stone gabled dormerhead, breaking eaves; glazed to left, with timber infill to right. Cement infilled loading doors to NE angle, and outer right.

S BLOCK: predominantly 2-storey, including original relieving arch centred at ground. Variety of 2-leaf vertically-boarded timber garage doors in bays at ground. Modern shop front to right of centre, with plate glass window; stone gabled dormerhead breaking eaves at attic, in bay above. Casement window breaking eaves to left of centre. Vertically-boarded timber infilled loading door to E return.

Variety of windows and roof-types. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Ashlar wallhead and ridge stacks; coped, with circular cans.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Second New Town A Group, covering a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

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