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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
Tagged with: Tenement
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.
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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