Description

William Hogg, 1885. 4-storey, 4-bay Scottish 17th century style tenement, at end of curving terrace. Squared and snecked sandstone with polished ashlar dressings; stone-cleaned. Base course; dividing band course above ground floor; corbel table at 4th floor, stepped down to form segmental-arched hoods to windows at 1st floor; chamfered reveals contrasting quoin.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central roll-moulded doorway; panelled door; plate glass fanlight. Single windows at ground in flanking bays; bipartites above, those at 3rd floor pedimented and stone finialled. Full-height canted windows in bays to outer left and right, corbelled to square at crowstepped gables; floral terracotta paterae set in gableheads. Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; corniced mutual and gablehead stacks; moulded cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1991.

Low coped boundary wall to street.

Statement of Interest

The period between 1860 and 1900 saw significant residential expansion in the city of Edinburgh with construction of a number of residential tenement suburbs.

The tenement suburb of Marchmont developed between circa 1876 and 1914

following the feuing of the Warrender family estate (land south of the Meadows).

Marchmont's development can be viewed in two distinct phases, with the first phase, prior to 1900, largely following the plan laid out by David Bryce of 1869. This phase, which saw the construction of streets in the north and east of the site, is characterised by the individual nature of the work by builders and architects who frequently developed only one or two feus at a time. These tenements were built predominantly in the baronial style following guidelines set down in the 1869 feu charter. In the second phase, after 1900, the baronial style recedes and elevations become more uniform.

William Hogg was an Architect who practised in Edinburgh between 1883 and 1904. He designed a number of tenements in Marchmont between 1885 and 1887.

Listed building record and statutory address updated (2015). Previously listed as '43 Marchmont Crescent'.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17804663

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House