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5 West Brighton Crescent, Portobello, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9511 / 55°57'4"N

Longitude: -3.1189 / 3°7'7"W

OS Eastings: 330228

OS Northings: 673685

OS Grid: NT302736

Mapcode National: GBR 2C.Y183

Mapcode Global: WH6SN.2P35

Plus Code: 9C7RXV2J+CF

Entry Name: 5 West Brighton Crescent, Portobello, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 5 West Brighton Crescent

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 365072

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27754

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, Portobello, 5 West Brighton Crescent

ID on this website: 200365072

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

John Baxter, circa 1825 with later alterations. Single storey with basement, 3-bay with recesses bay to left, classical house within group of similar houses. Polished ashlar to ground, droved ashlar to basement; harled to NW and rear elevations. Band course between basement and ground; moulded string course at lintel height; cornice and blocking course; segmental-arched recesses to openings.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 5 ashlar steps with cast-iron handrails to panelled door with plate glass rectangular fanlight above to centre; windows to flanking bays (segmental-arched recesses cement rendered) and at bay to right of basement. Bay to left at basement now altered to create double door garage. Window to ground of recessed bay to left; glazed modern door to basement.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen fully, 1994; no extensions.

12-pane timber sash and case windows at ground of principal elevation; 9-pane to bay to right, basement; modern swing-pane windows to rear. Slate piended roof; rendered and coped wallhead stacks to front and rear of side elevations.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.

BOUNDARY WALLS: droved ashlar with polished ashlar coping to front, formerly with railings, now broken to left as access to garage; tall rubble and brick garden walls to rear.

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