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5 Bath Street, Portobello, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.953 / 55°57'10"N

Longitude: -3.1135 / 3°6'48"W

OS Eastings: 330564

OS Northings: 673888

OS Grid: NT305738

Mapcode National: GBR 2C.XVX4

Mapcode Global: WH6SN.4MMQ

Plus Code: 9C7RXV3P+5H

Entry Name: 5 Bath Street, Portobello, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 5 and 7 Bath Street

Listing Date: 4 September 1995

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 363452

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26728

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200363452

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Early 19th century, with later additions and alterations (later additions to rear). 2-storey, 4-bay pair of terraced houses with shop front to W corner, ground, No 5. Finely droved ashlar, polished ashlar doorpieces and dressings, wooden canted window to No 7; harled SW elevation; painted and harled to rear, harled extension. Base course, cill course to 1st floor, mutuled cornice, blocking course; band course to canted window.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: modern panelled doors grouped closely at centre, rectangular plate glass fanlights above, moulded architrave doorpiece with cornice; windows at 1st floor. Window to 1st floor of bay to right, shop front to ground; full-height canted window in bay to left. Shop front with dentilled cornice and clasping corner pilaster.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: 2-storey extension to centre bays.

Plate glass timber sash and case windows. Cast-iron window guards still in place to No 5. Grey slate roof, now modern at No 7. Harled gable end stack at No 5; rendered mutual stack to left.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1994.

Statement of Interest

The lisitng includes No 5A Bath Street. These are part of a broader terrace, dating from before 1824. The extension to the rear dates from before 1856. Wood's map, 1824 does not show the division of the properties.

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