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5 Brown's Place, The Vennel, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9465 / 55°56'47"N

Longitude: -3.1968 / 3°11'48"W

OS Eastings: 325351

OS Northings: 673249

OS Grid: NT253732

Mapcode National: GBR 8MH.YV

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.VSWR

Plus Code: 9C7RWRW3+H7

Entry Name: 5 Brown's Place, The Vennel, Edinburgh

Listing Name: The Vennel, 2, 4 and 5 Brown's Place, Including Boundary Walls, Railings and Gate

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 366179

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28370

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, The Vennel, 5 Brown's Place

ID on this website: 200366179

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Early 19th century. 3-storey (4 storey to outer left) 8-bay plain classical tenement. Droved ashlar with polished dressings. Base course; dividing band between basement and ground and between ground and 1st floors; cill course to 1st floor; cornice and blocking course to eaves. Ground floor windows and doors in rectangular recesses. Regularly fenestrated; timber panelled doors with rectangular fanlights in 3rd bays from right and left.

BOUNDARY WALL, RAILINGS AND GATE: cast-iron railings with fleur-de lys finials mounted on ashlar-coped rubble boundary walls. Cast-iron gate with fleur-de lys finials and pine cones on gate-posts.

12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slates; stone skews; corniced brick stacks (rendered) with circular cans.

Statement of Interest

B group comprises Nos 1 and 3 and Nos 2, 4 and 5 Brown's Place, forming 2 sides of a court (3rd side formed by rear elevation of George Heriot's Preparatory Department) with garden to centre.

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