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3 Pittville Street, Joppa, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9513 / 55°57'4"N

Longitude: -3.1074 / 3°6'26"W

OS Eastings: 330946

OS Northings: 673692

OS Grid: NT309736

Mapcode National: GBR 2C.Y3VP

Mapcode Global: WH6SN.7PK1

Plus Code: 9C7RXV2V+G3

Entry Name: 3 Pittville Street, Joppa, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 3 Pittville Street (Abercorn House)

Listing Date: 12 December 1974

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 364130

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27130

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200364130

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1894 with later alterations. 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical italianate house. Stugged ashlar with polished dressings; rubble to rear. Base course, band course, cornice and blocking course. Corbelled cills; stop-chamfered arrises; shoulder-arched lintels to windows at 1st floor.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; consoled and corniced panelled door to centre, plate glass basket-arched fanlight, moulded basket-arch architrave flanked by raised panelled pilasters; window at 1st floor above. Tripartite windows at ground of flanking bays, bipartite windows at 1st floor.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: external staircase to 1st floor; glazed door with 3-pane fanlight above at bay to left, 1st floor.

Plate glass timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof with coped apex stack and skew to right.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.

BOUNDARY WALLS: stugged ashlar with coping.

Statement of Interest

The house does not appear on any maps until 1896. Permission was sought from the Dean of Guild in June 1948 to subdivide the house.

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