Description

Circa 1810. 3-storey and basement 7-bay plain classical tenement block (almost mirror image of Nos 22-26). Channelled ashlar to ground, droved above, coursed rubble to basement, random rubble to side and rear. Dividing band between basement and ground floors and between ground and 1st floors; cill course to 1st; projecting cills to 2nd; narrow eaves course. Stone steps and platts over-arching basement areas. Slightly recessed centre bay (not channelled to ground) with timber panelled door to stair and 2 windows lighting stair above. Timber panelled doors (with sunburst fanlights) to main door flats: in 3rd bay from right (in round-headed recessed surround) and in 2nd bay from left. Regularly fenestrated.

12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates; stone skews; corniced stacks with circular cans.

BOUNDARY WALL AND RAILINGS: decorative finials to cast-iron railings on low ashlar boundary wall and to steps and platts.

Statement of Interest

Built on land marked 'Keir's Feu' on Kinkaid's 1784 map of Edinburgh. Keir's mid 18th century villa, demolished by 1820, was situated just to the E. This part of Keir Street was formerly known as Graham Street. Nos 14-32 Keir Street were built by George Lorimer. Keir Street, Heriot Place and Nos 8-44 Lauriston Place were restored (including the removal of shops built out in the late 19th century in Lauriston Place) by TM Grey Associates for the Lister Housing Co-operative in 1977-81.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17794959

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  For the Record
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback