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1 Joppa Road, Joppa, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9492 / 55°56'57"N

Longitude: -3.1019 / 3°6'7"W

OS Eastings: 331281

OS Northings: 673460

OS Grid: NT312734

Mapcode National: GBR 2C.Y538

Mapcode Global: WH6SN.BQ4L

Plus Code: 9C7RWVXX+M6

Entry Name: 1 Joppa Road, Joppa, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 1 and 3 Joppa Road, Including Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 14 September 1995

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 363957

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27022

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, Joppa, 1 Joppa Road

ID on this website: 200363957

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Later 19th century with later alterations. 2-storey, 6-bay classical, rectangular-plan terraced pair of houses with flanking single storey pavilions. Droved ashlar with polished ashlar dressings (render repairs to No 1); rubble to rear and side elevations. Base course, cill course to 1st floor, cornice and blocking course.

NE (JOPPA ROAD) ELEVATION: regularly disposed bays and fenestration. Pilaster-colonnaded paired doorpieces in bays to centre, deep-set panelled Edinburgh door to each, 2-pane rectangular fanlight above. Window to each pavilion.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: dry-dashed single storey addition to outer right of No 3 and glazed sun-room to centre.

12-pane timber sash and case windows to pavilion of No 1 and to all of No 3; plate glass timber sash and case windows to No 1. Grey slate piended roof with rendered and coped wallhead stacks to side elevations; platform roof to each pavilion.

INTERIOR: shutters in place and working at both houses; plasterwork cornices to principal rooms; cast-iron balustrade to each staircase. No original chimneypieces in situ.

BOUNDARY WALLS: rubble.

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