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8 West Brighton Crescent, Portobello, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9515 / 55°57'5"N

Longitude: -3.1186 / 3°7'6"W

OS Eastings: 330246

OS Northings: 673727

OS Grid: NT302737

Mapcode National: GBR 2C.Y1B4

Mapcode Global: WH6SN.2N7W

Plus Code: 9C7RXV2J+HH

Entry Name: 8 West Brighton Crescent, Portobello, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 8 West Brighton Crescent

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 365116

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27786

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, Portobello, 8 West Brighton Crescent

ID on this website: 200365116

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

John Baxter of Portobello, circa 1826. Single storey with basement to rear, 3-bay classical house. Polished ashlar to ground; droved ashlar to basement to SW; rubble to NE; bull-faced rendered to rear and SE elevation. Band course between basement and ground; moulded string course at lintel height; cornice, blocking course; segmental-arched recesses to all openings.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; 5 ashlar steps with original cast-iron handrails to panelled door to centre; plate glass rectangular fanlight above; windows to flanking bays. Modern linking additon to right with double doors for garage.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; boarded door to immediate right of centre; later (shown on Sutter's map, 1856) single storey extension to outer left.

12-pane timber sash and case windows to principal elevation; modern windows to rear elevation. Slate piend and platformed roof; slate roof to extension to rear. Stugged ashlar wallhead stack with coping to NW; rendered and coped wallhead stack to SE; wallhead stack to rear,

INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.

BOUNDARY WALLS: droved ashlar with coping to front, broken to right; tall rubble garden walls to rear.

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