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49, 51 Montague Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9424 / 55°56'32"N

Longitude: -3.1795 / 3°10'46"W

OS Eastings: 326426

OS Northings: 672773

OS Grid: NT264727

Mapcode National: GBR 8RK.GB

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.4W7W

Plus Code: 9C7RWRRC+W6

Entry Name: 49, 51 Montague Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 7-57 Montague Street and 75-79 St Leonard’s Street, Edinburgh

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Last Amended: 17 July 2015

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 406652

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29366

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200406652

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1820. 4-storey and basement, classical tenement. Rusticated ground floor. 5-storey splay corner to St Leonard Street. Ground floor nos 75-79 St Leonard's Street in use as shops.

Statement of Interest

Following the completion of the South Bridge in 1788 (which provided the first direct link between the New Town and the Southside of Edinburgh) the Southside of Edinburgh expanded rapidly. Nicholson Street was extended to form Clerk Street in this period. Robert Brown laid out a scheme for the estate of Dr Hope extending along Clerk Street south of St Patrick's Square. Building on Rankeillor Street and Montague Street began in 1812. The projected layout of Montague Street appears on Kirkwood's 1817 Plan of the City of Edinburgh. The completed scheme is visible on Wood's Plan of the City of Edinburgh dated 1831.

Listed building record and statutory address updated (2015). Previously listed as 'Montague Street, 7-57 and 75-79 St Leonard's Street'.

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