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Gate Piers To Minto Street, Blacket Avenue, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9357 / 55°56'8"N

Longitude: -3.176 / 3°10'33"W

OS Eastings: 326631

OS Northings: 672028

OS Grid: NT266720

Mapcode National: GBR 8SM.5Q

Mapcode Global: WH6ST.52WG

Plus Code: 9C7RWRPF+7J

Entry Name: Gate Piers To Minto Street, Blacket Avenue, Edinburgh

Listing Name: Blacket Avenue and Minto Street Gatepiers and Boundary Walls to Blacket Estate

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 366044

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28297

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, Blacket Avenue, Gate Piers To Minto Street

ID on this website: 200366044

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

James Gillespie Graham, 1825. Pair of corniced octagonal Tudor gothic gatepiers with blind traceried panels. Cream sandstone ashlar. Low coped ashlar boundary walls adjoining gatepiers; replacement railings.

Statement of Interest

Originally there were also gates to Blacket estate which were locked every night.

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