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Latitude: 55.9648 / 55°57'53"N
Longitude: -3.179 / 3°10'44"W
OS Eastings: 326496
OS Northings: 675274
OS Grid: NT264752
Mapcode National: GBR 8R9.K8
Mapcode Global: WH6SM.4BFM
Plus Code: 9C7RXR7C+W9
Entry Name: 13 Pilrig Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 11 and 13 Pilrig Street with Boundary Walls and Railings
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 365188
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27848
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 13 Pilrig Street
ID on this website: 200365188
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Leith Walk
Traditional County: Midlothian
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Circa 1815. Mirrored pair of 2-storey and attic, 3-bay villas with basement. Cream sandstone, droved ashlar front with polished dressings, coursed and squared rubble with stugged dressings to rear and side. Tall ashlar base course; band cill course at ground and 1st floor; dentilled eaves cornice with blocking course; rusticated quoins; architraved windows, corniced at ground floor.
SW (FRONT) ELEVATION: elevations mirrored about centre, doorways to inner bays with Ionic columned doorpieces, corniced with blocking course, deep-set 2-leaf panelled doors with rectangular plate glass fanlights, round-arched inner door with radial astragals to fanlight to No 13. Single windows to remaining bays. Large corrugated iron box dormer to No 13.
SE (ARTHUR STREET) ELEVATION: gabled with apex stack; blocked windows to outer bays.
NE (REAR) ELEVATION: single windows; tall central wallhead stack;
2 canted tripartite dormers; slated roof extension to left of wallhead stack.
Timber sash and case windows, plate glass glazing to No 11, No 13 with 12-pane windows. Black slate roof with lead flashings; 2 rendered brick apex, 1 wallhead stack (see above). Gutter recess dividing at centre.
INTERIOR: not seen 1993.
BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS: low rubble wall with flat coping, original iron railings.
Includes 11A Pilrig Street.
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