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15 and 17 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9512 / 55°57'4"N

Longitude: -3.2059 / 3°12'21"W

OS Eastings: 324795

OS Northings: 673786

OS Grid: NT247737

Mapcode National: GBR 8LG.34

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QPL3

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ2V+FM

Entry Name: 15 and 17 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 15 and 17 South Charlotte Street and railing and lamp standard

Listing Date: 3 March 1966

Last Amended: 13 June 2016

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 406045

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28515

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200406045

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1790. 3-storey basement and attic, 3-bay former classical tenement. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings; partly stone cleaned. V-jointed rustication at ground; eaves cornice. Arched doorway with plate glass fanlight to right. Architraved windows, corniced at 1st floor. Pair of canted piend-roofed dormers Broad coursed rubble gable end with variety of windows. Timber sash and case plate glass windows. Ashlar coped skews; stone stacks, rendered to S; grey slates. INTERIOR: not seen 1995, but considerably modernised for office use. RAILINGS AND LAMP STANDARD: cast-iron spearhead railings and single wrought-iron lamp standard

Statement of Interest

Built en suite with Nos 11 and 13 South Charlotte Street. A significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh's New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. South Charlotte Street is important for its contribution to the setting of Charlotte Square.

Statutory address updated 2016. Previously listed as '15 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh'

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