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Latitude: 55.9512 / 55°57'4"N
Longitude: -3.1048 / 3°6'17"W
OS Eastings: 331108
OS Northings: 673677
OS Grid: NT311736
Mapcode National: GBR 2C.Y4FK
Mapcode Global: WH6SN.8PS4
Plus Code: 9C7RXV2W+F3
Entry Name: 5 John Street, Portobello, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 5 John Street
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 363819
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26916
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, Portobello, 5 John Street
ID on this website: 200363819
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Circa 1820 with later additions and alterations. Single storey with raised basement, 5-bay, classical house and later single storey additions set back to side. Polished ashlar with harled blank side elevations (SW: painted; NE: unpainted) and extensions. Broad band course above basement level, dentilled cornice and blocking course.
NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central bay projecting with Doric doorpiece, at top of flight of 9 ashlar steps; 2-leaf, 4-panelled door, 4-paned fanlight above. Two regularly positioned bays either side at ground and basement, windows to each storey.
SE (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1994.
12-pane timber sash and case windows, now with shutters (original?); bipartite plate glass sash and case window to right extension. Graded, grey slate, piended and platformed roof. Ashalr, coped wallhead stacks to side elevations. Steep piended slate roof with lead flashed platform to right extension; harled stack to right.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.
BOUNDARY WALL: rendered with ashlar coping, formerly with railings. Original cast-iron railings to steps at centre.
The building appears on Wood's map of 1824. According to Baird (p 360), buildings were being erected in John Street (amongst other streets) around 1824.
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