Description

James Gillespie Graham, 1822. 19-bay classical terrace, comprising 9-bay, 3-storey and basement central terrace, flanked by pair of 5-bay, 4-storey and basement advanced terminal pavilions; with slightly curved frontage. Polished ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Base course; band course between basement and principal floors; cornice at impost level at principal floors of terminal pavilions; cill course at 1st and 2nd floors of central block and 1st floor of terminal pavilions; cornice at 2nd floors; cornice and blocking course to central block and terminal pavilions. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basements.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION, CENTRAL TERRACE: 9-bay, comprising 4-panel timber doors with rectilinear rectangular fanlights, in bay to right of centre, and in bays 3rd from left and right. Regular fenestration to remaining bays at principal floor, and to floors above; windows architraved with cornices at 1st floor, windows architraved at 2nd floor. Flagged basement area.

SW ELEVATION, TERMINAL PAVILIONS: pair of 5-bay terminal pavilions; Doric pilasters flanking bays at 1st and 2nd floors, panelled pilasters flanking bays at 3rd floor. Terminal pavilion to right (Nos 1 and 3) comprising 4-panel timber doors with radial semicircular fanlights in round-arched recesses centred at principal floor, with glazed upper panels, and in bay to outer right at principal floor; round-arched windows in round-arched recesses in remaining bays at principal floor, regular fenestration to floors above. Terminal pavilion to left (No 11) comprising 4-panel timber door and radial semicircular fanlight in round-arched recess centred at principal floor, flanked by round-arched windows in round-arched recesses in remaining bays, with radial glazing patterns; regular fenestration to floors above, with blind windows in penultimate bays from left at 1st and 2nd floors. Flagged basement area.

GLOUCESTER LANE ELEVATION, TO E TERMINAL PAVILION: 5-bay, with single storey and basement, 4-bay addition to right, becoming 1-4 Gloucester Lane. Predominantly coursed rubble, droved sandstone at basement, polished ashlar and V-jointed rustication of principal elevation returned and terminated at outer left; band course between basement and 1st floor; 5-bay polished ashlar corniced shopfront to right at basement, comprising 2-leaf 6-panel timber common stair door with 4-panel rectangular fanlight at centre, 2-bay shopfront to left, with 2-leaf, 4-panel timber door and plate glass rectangular fanlight and plate glass window to outer left, 2-leaf 6-panel timber door 4-pane rectangular fanlight to right with multi-pane window to outer right. Pairs of windows centred to floors above, with windows to right stepped up, narrow lights to right of centre at 1st and 2nd floors. 4-bay addition to right (No 4) comprising polished ashlar shopfront with cornice and blocking course, with panelled timber door in penultimate bay from left, windows in remaining bays, openings to left and right at basement.

W RETURN TO W TERMINAL PAVILION: 4-bay, becoming 1 Moray Place (see separate listing).

REAR ELEVATION: not seen, 1998.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows; anthemion and palmette window guards in central 3 bays to central block, at 1st floor, and in bays at 1st floor to terminal pavilions. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Ridge and wallhead stacks, coped with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1998; evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS AND LAMPS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lis finials. Cast-iron railing-mounted lamps with glass globes.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Edinburgh New Town A Group, a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. The Moray Estate was designed for the 10th Earl of Moray (1771-1848). He inherited the 13 acre site from his father, after it was acquired from the Heriot Trust in 1782, and decided to feu the property for development in 1822. The complicated plan, with the crescent, oval and polygonal of Randolph Crescent, Ainslie Place and Moray Place respectively, conjoins the New Town with the Second New Town. Building was completed in 1830-31.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17568416

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)