Description

John Chesser, 1875-1879; Dunn and Findlay, 1899, attic storey. 3-storey with basement terrace of 3 3-bay houses. Polished, channelled sandstone ashlar with polished dressings; droved sandstone to basement. Base course; band course at ground, corniced at canted and advanced bays; string course, band course and cornice to 1st floor; cornice. Doorpieces comprising stop-chamfered pilasters, foliate consoles to cornice, margin-paned panelled timber doors with rectangular fanlights; block cill and consoled cornices to margin-framed windows above doorpieces.

N (FRONT) ELEVATION: advanced bay at left of each house advanced, canted bay at right; door and fanlight to bay to centre at basement, beneath entrance platt; bipartite window to bay to left; 3 lights to canted bay at right; doorpiece to bay to centre at ground; single window to bays above; bipartite windows to all floors, bay to left; 3-light canted bays at right, all floors.

2-pane timber sash and case glazing. Concealed roof; coped, channelled sandstone ashlar mutual stacks with tall cans; cast-iron rainwater goods.

RAILINGS: spike-headed railings to street (set in coping), and to ashlar steps and entrance platts.

Statement of Interest

Part of New Town A-Group. John Chesser was the Superintendent of Works to George Heriot's Hospital between 1858 and 1889. During his term of office large quantities of Heriot's land were feued, including land in the W of Edinburgh. Chesser was responsible for preparing ground and elevation plans for the new buildings. Opulent interiors were designed for many of the houses. Top storey altered 1899 - built out to form flat front. Carried out by Dunn and Findlay of 35 Frederick Street.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17804172

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas