Description

Earlier 19th century. 2-storey, attic and basement, 15-bay classical terrace, comprising 5 3-bay houses, stepped down to E. Polished ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor; droved ashlar at basement. Base course; band course between basement and principal floor, principal and 1st floor; cill course at 1st floor; mutuled cornice and blocking course at 1st floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: variety of 6-panel and 9-panel timber doors in tripartite doorpieces in bays to right at principal floor, with plate glass semicircular fanlights , except at No 15, with surviving radial semicircular fanlight and glazed side lights. Windows in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above and basement. Flagged basement area.

W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (9, 9A, 9B Albany Street).

E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (21-23A Albany Street).

Predominantly plate glass timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roofs. Variety of dormers; tripartite rectangular dormer and slate-hung bow-fronted dormer at No 11; piended box dormers and polygonally piended canted dormers at Nos 13 and 15; pair of polygonally piended canted dormers at No 17; pair of polygonally piended canted dormers with blinded sides at No 19. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered and polished ashlar ridge stacks; coped, with variety of cans. Coped skews.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1998, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed and urn finials.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Edinburgh New Town A Group. The building of Albany Street started in 1801. It did not form part of Reid and Sibbald's first extension of the New Town, but was incorporated into it, Abercromby Place and Heriot Row being laid out on the same axis. Considerable difficulty was encountered in clearing feuars from the north-western area, for which Bonnar did not prepare a feu plan until February 1815.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17571441

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