Description

Thomas Brown, early 19th century. 3-storey and basement, 43-bay terraced tenement, Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Architraved 1st floor windows with cornices. Band course between basement and principal floor, principal and 1st floor; cill course at 1st and 2nd floor windows; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorpieces with 6-panel timber doors and radial semicircular fanlights in bays from right 3rd, 5th, 7th, 12th, 14th, 16th and 21st, and from left 3rd, 6th, 8th, 13th, 14th, 18th and 21st. Windows in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above, and to basement.

E ELEVATION: coursed rubble; windows centred to all floors, except basement, with window to left of centre, small light to right of centre.

W ELEVATION: predominantly blank; window centred at principal floor, windows flanking centre at basement, corniced and pilastered doorpiece to outer left at basement, altered, with steps removed to lower height of door and fanlight.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble and rendered ridge stacks with broached quoins, rubble gablehead stacks with broached quoins; coped, with circular cans. Ashlar skew copes.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lis balusters and pineapple finials.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Second New Town A Group, a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. Cumberland Street was part of the first extension of the New Town by Reid and Sibbald in 1802. Thomas Brown prepared the elevations for the northern sides, 25 November 1822 and 10 September 1823, with building beginning in the latter year.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17568226

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)