Description

Circa 1826-27. 3 and 4-storey basement maindoor and common

stair terrace block without basement areas, astylar droved

ashlar, partly with polished ashlar belt below 1st floor

windows, main cornice and blocking course, stepped at centre

over 4-storey blocks; intended to be near-symmetrical scheme

with 4-storey centre and end blocks with 3-storey links between, 4-storey block at N end replaced by Victorian tenement. No 1

and 43, 45, 47 Dean Street, 4-storey off-centre 3-window

front with pilastered common stair doorpiece to Cheyne Street,

even 4-window elevation with original shops (now domestic)

to Dean Street; nos 3-7 and 9-13, 3-storey pair of 2 pilastered

maindoor and central plain doorway common stair blocks each

7 windows wide; nos 15-19 4-storey 7-window, 2 main door

and central common stair, same detail; nos 21-25 7-window

as at nos 3-7, nos 27-31 similar but doors alternated with

windows and not grouped centrally as in others.

Statement of Interest

Named after Captain Alexander Cheyne RE who lived at No 15.

Stonework badly decayed at nos 9-13 (all floors and 15-19

(1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17797571

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)