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Latitude: 55.9694 / 55°58'9"N
Longitude: -3.1813 / 3°10'52"W
OS Eastings: 326366
OS Northings: 675789
OS Grid: NT263757
Mapcode National: GBR 8R7.3M
Mapcode Global: WH6SM.37C3
Plus Code: 9C7RXR99+QF
Entry Name: Pilrig House, 30 Pilrig House Close, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 30 Pilrig House Close, Pilrig House
Listing Date: 14 July 1966
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 365178
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27841
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Pilrig House
Edinburgh, 30 Pilrig House Close, Pilrig House
ID on this website: 200365178
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Leith Walk
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
1638; restored Michael Laird & Partners, 1984-5. 3-storey and attic L-plan tower house, stairtower with corbelled caphouse; later alterations to SE front. Rubble with polished cream sandstone dressings, harled. Chamfered reveals; crowstepped gables; 2nd floor windows breaking eaves in finialled gableheads.
SE ELEVATION: 3-bay. Centre bay with circa 1700 curvilinear gable and apex stack; early 19th century columned doorway at 1st floor accessed by stone stairs with carved steps, panelled door and fanlight with astragals of 4 trefoiled arches; single windows flanking stairs at ground floor; 2 single windows at 2nd floor bull?s-eye window to gablehead. Single windows to outer bays. Modern, square, wall-mounted sundial to outer left at 2nd floor over carved armorial stone with angel heads.
NW ELEVATION: advanced gabled wing to right with apex stack and single windows to left. Return elevation and left wing with single windows. Stair tower with rounded corner set in re-entrant angle with doorway at ground floor and rectangular caphouse, corbelled to square at 2nd floor.
NE ELEVATION: 2-bay; gabled with apex stack and single windows.
SW ELEVATION: 5-bay; 2 gabled bays to right with apex stack and single windows. Irregular windows to left bays.
12-pane timber sash and case windows. Slate roof with stone ridge;
5 coped ashlar apex stacks (see above).
INTERIOR: not seen 1993.
TERRACE WALL: ashlar balustrade with coped dies at intervals to NW.
Originally built for Gilbert Kirkwood, subsequently owned by Balfours of Pilrig. Burned out circa 1970 with all the interior destroyed; comprehensively restored 1984-5.
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