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77 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9445 / 55°56'40"N

Longitude: -3.2005 / 3°12'1"W

OS Eastings: 325116

OS Northings: 673031

OS Grid: NT251730

Mapcode National: GBR 8MJ.6K

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.TV48

Plus Code: 9C7RWQVX+QQ

Entry Name: 77 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 77 Lauriston Place, with Boundary Wall and Railings

Listing Date: 23 March 2000

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 394417

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB47036

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200394417

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Early 19th century. 2-storey 3-bay plain classical house with lower recessed 2-storey single bay to right. Painted ashlar with painted ashlar dressings; coursed rubble to sides. Base course; modillioned eaves cornice (no modillions to lower bay) and blocking course; projecting cills. Timber panelled door with plate glass fanlight in moulded surround. Round-headed stair window to W elevation.

2-pane glazing to timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Only one corniced ashlar stack with circular cans visible.

BOUNDARY WALL AND RAILINGS: later cast-iron railings mounted on ashlar-coped low rubble wall to front. Earlier high rubble wall to garden.

Statement of Interest

A survivor of the group of 18th and early 19th century villas on the S side of Lauriston Place, outside the city wall, whose garden ground ran down towards the Meadows.

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