Description

David MacGibbon, 1868. 2-storey curved corner block with shops at ground floor and flats above. Cream sandstone, droved ashlar front with polished dressings. Band course above ground floor; dentilled cornice above 1st floor; round-arched keystoned timber dormers with moulded surrounds and pediments; tall shopfronts and doorways to common stair with plain stop-roll-moulded surrounds.

NE (MORNINGSIDE ROAD) ELEVATIONS: 12-bay with 9-bay curved corner; eaves cornice and blocking course; round-arched keystoned windows at 1st floor; shops at ground floor with irregular openings. 9-bay curved corner to right with 2 central bays of single windows flanked by blank bays with grooved and corniced wallhead stacks, 2 bays of single windows to left, 3-bays to right. To left Nos 12 and 14 slightly advanced quoined bays with raised parapet and ball finialled angle dies, round-arched keystoned pedimented attic window breaking parapet and French pavilion roof.

NW (COLINTON ROAD) ELEVATION: 8-bay; 4 shopfront to centre with recessed entrance doors flanked by common stair doorways; single windows at 1st floor above; dormer windows to leaded mansard roof. Slightly advanced quoined 3-storey outer bays with shopfronts at ground floor; single windows at 1st and round-arched keystoned windows at 2nd floor; eaves cornice and parapet with ball finialled angle dies; round-arched keystoned pedimented attic window and French pavilion roof.

S ELEVATION: string band course above 1st floor; parapet and angle dies with ball finials; small window to centre at 2nd floor; tall central wallhead stack.

Timber sash and case windows, 8-panes to Morningside Road, plate glass glazing to Colinton Road. Black slate roof, lead flashings; 3 wallhead stacks (see above), coped mutual stack, tall cylindrical cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1992.

Statement of Interest

The site was developed by the Merchant Company, whose architect David Rhind had designed a giant scheme for it in 1862. MacGibbon took over from Rhind as chief architect shortly afterwards and carried out the scheme with major alterations in particular to its scale.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17811650

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