Description

Probably D Cousin, later 19th century. 4-storey, 9-bay plain classical terrace on corner site. Polished ashlar sandstone at principal floor; droved ashlar sandstone to floors above. Base course; band course between principal and 1st floors; cill courses at 1st and 3rd floors; projecting cills at 2nd floor; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 6-panel timber doors with plate glass rectangular fanlights in penultimate bay from right (No 2) and 3rd bay from left (No 3). Regular fenestration in remaining bays at principal floor and to floors above; bipartite windows in penultimate bay from right, with narrow window to left of door at No 2.

W ELEVATION: 4-bay, comprising 6-panel timber door in penultimate bay from right at principal floor (No 1). Windows in remaining bays at principal floor and floors above, including window sharing bay with door at principal floor; bipartite windows in bay to outer right and penultimate bay from left.

E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (15-27 Bellevue Crescent).

S RETURN TO W ELEVATION: 3-bay, squared and snecked rubble gable, comprising windows in bay to right of centre and to outer left and right, at all floors.

Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar and rendered ridge stacks and corniced hipped wallhead stack; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1998; evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed finials.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Edinburgh New Town A Group. Cornwallis Place, although plainer than the neighbouring Bellevue Crescent, is of interest as part of the New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. The adjoining northern section of Bellevue Crescent designed by Bonnar in 1818, was not built until 1882-4, still following the original facade design, but slightly modified by D Cousin, in 1869.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77774131

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)