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66, 68, 70, 72 St Leonard's Street, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9418 / 55°56'30"N

Longitude: -3.1782 / 3°10'41"W

OS Eastings: 326505

OS Northings: 672709

OS Grid: NT265727

Mapcode National: GBR 8RK.QJ

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.4XTB

Plus Code: 9C7RWRRC+PP

Entry Name: 66, 68, 70, 72 St Leonard's Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 2-14 (Inclusive Numbers) Parkside Street and 66-72 (Even Numbers) St Leonard’s Street, Edinburgh

Listing Date: 20 February 1985

Last Amended: 17 July 2015

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 405424

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29479

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200405424

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Earlier 19th century tenement with bowed corner at west. 4 storeys, 8 bays (arranged 3-5) to St Leonards Street. 32 bays to Parkside Street arranged 2-1-2-6-5-5-5-6. Stugged ashlar with base course and band course over ground floor, eaves cornice and blocking course. Doors irregularly placed to each tenement block. Windows some with lying panes, some blind but mainly plate glass sashes, slate roofs, ridge stacks. 3 window bowed corner at west.

Statement of Interest

Following the completion of the South Bridge in 1788, which linked the northern New Town and the Southside of Edinburgh, tenemental development in the Southside expanded considerably.

The tenement first appears on the 1832 Great Reform Act Map (adjacent to St Leonard's Coal Depot).

Listed building record and statutory address updated (2015). Previously listed as '2-14 (inclusive) Parkside Street and 66-72 (even) St Leonards Street'.

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