Description

17th century with later alterations, notably at rear. 3-storey tenement with dominant stack to street, in irregular terrace to W. Harled with painted margins.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: widely spaced bays, much blank wallplane; panelled timber door below commemorative plaque in advanced chimney breast rising as substantial shouldered stack at wallhead: panelled timber doors to right and to left (latter altered from window opening), regular fenestration in bay above that to left, and off-line above that to right (2nd floor opening enlarged); small 2nd floor window (later addition) in jettied wallplane to left of stack and windows in outer right bay at 1st and 2nd floor.

S ELEVATION: flight of stairs lead to part-glazed door (modern alteration) with adjacent light to left at 1st

floor, 5 windows to right at ground, 6 windows to right at 1st and 2nd floors, further window to left at 2nd floor.

E ELEVATION: windows to outer right at 2nd floor.

12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows throughout. Grey slates. Ashlar coped skews, crowsteps and thackstanes, coped ashlar stacks with cans.

Statement of Interest

Somerville Square and Street were renamed after Mary Somerville (1780-1872), daughter of Vice Admiral Sir William Fairfax. Mary, who lived here as a child, was a self-taught mathematician, astrologer and author; Somerville College, Oxford is named in her honour. The commemorative plaque mentioned above records these details.

During restoration in 1958 a painted ceiling was discovered and removed to National Library.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17794981

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