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Latitude: 55.945 / 55°56'42"N
Longitude: -3.0952 / 3°5'42"W
OS Eastings: 331692
OS Northings: 672986
OS Grid: NT316729
Mapcode National: GBR 2D.YDKY
Mapcode Global: WH6SN.FT9T
Plus Code: 9C7RWWW3+2W
Entry Name: 85 Milton Road East, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 81, 83 and 85 Milton Road East, Queen's Bay Cottages and Boundary Walls
Listing Date: 8 May 1975
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 364069
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27093
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200364069
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Cottage
Later 18th century with later alterations. No 31 is single storey, 3-bay cottage running parallel (E-W) to Milton Road East; Nos 33 and 35 are single and 2-storey group of 5 bays, perpendicular to Milton Road East (N-S), and lying to E of No 31 Milton Road East. Sandstone rubble with droved ashlar dressings.
NO 31: S (MILTON ROAD EAST) ELEVATION: 3 regularly positioned bays with lintel at eaves level. Gable above bay at centre and swept dormerheads to each of outer bays.
N ELEVATION: door to centre with rectangular fanlight above. Window in bay to right and later bipartite in bay to left.
NOS 33-35: W ELEVATION: 2-bay group to left single storey and possibly later. 2 windows at ground of bay to centre with window above at 1st floor breaking eaves with swept dormerhead. Window at ground of bay right of centre with window breaking eaves, as to centre. Modern panelled door between bay to inner and outer left. Window at ground and 1st floor, as in inner bay to left. Half-piended addition projecting, with window to each bay.
S ELEVATION: bracketed oriel timber bipartite window at 1st floor set in gablehead with kneelers.
E ELEVATION: not seen, 1995.
12-pane timber sash and case windows. Pantiled roof. Ashlar wallhead stacks to gablehead of each cottage.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1995.
BOUNDARY WALL: tall rubble wall with rounded coping.
The cottages are of great interest due to their historical links to the area. They originally made up Easter Duddingston village square. The boundary wall extends to S elevation of No 47 Milton Road East (see listing). The roof has recently been re-tiled, 1995.
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