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Latitude: 55.9577 / 55°57'27"N
Longitude: -3.1873 / 3°11'14"W
OS Eastings: 325970
OS Northings: 674488
OS Grid: NT259744
Mapcode National: GBR 8PC.WT
Mapcode Global: WH6SM.0JJ3
Plus Code: 9C7RXR57+33
Entry Name: Radio Forth, 13, 15, 17 Forth Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 13-17 (Odd Nos) Forth Street
Listing Date: 16 June 1966
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 393009
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45947
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200393009
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Robert Burn, designed 1800, with 20th century alterations. 9-bay, 3-storey and basement, palace-fronted classical tenement. Sandstone ashlar, rustication at ground floor. Outer 2 bays advanced. Band course above ground and between 1st and 2nd floors, cill band at 1st floor, eaves cornice, rosetted capitals to panelled giant pilasters of centre bays, entrance platts oversailing basement.
N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: bays grouped 2-1-3-1-2. Round-arched entrance to centre with tripartite doorpiece fanlight and sidelights, windows in round-arched recesses to flanking centre bays. Regular fenestration to bays remaining and above with smaller windows to 2nd floor.
Timber sash and case windows with 12-pane glazing, 6-pane at 2nd floor, grey slates to redesigned roof, rooflights, decorative cast-iron railings.
INTERIOR: not seen 1998. Alterations to house radio station.
Originally listed with 1-29 (odd Nos) Forth Street, 41A-45 Broughton Street and 12 Union Street. Offices of Radio Forth. Forth Street (excluding 4-10), Picardy Place and at least 1-5 Broughton Street, 1-12 Union Street and Union Place were designed by Robert Burn in 1800 for the Commissioners for the Improvement of Manufacturers in Scotland. Building began on the north side circa 1803-1804 and on the south side about 1805. See OEC v 25 p.30.
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