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22 Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9498 / 55°56'59"N

Longitude: -3.2206 / 3°13'14"W

OS Eastings: 323871

OS Northings: 673642

OS Grid: NT238736

Mapcode National: GBR 8HG.4N

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.HQL6

Plus Code: 9C7RWQXH+WQ

Entry Name: 22 Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 22 Douglas Crescent, Including Railings

Listing Date: 27 October 1964

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 366994

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28656

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 22 Douglas Crescent

ID on this website: 200366994

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Terrace house

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Description

John Chesser, 1875-1879. 4-bay with basement end block, linking the short terrace, Nos 23-31, with its longer remainder, Nos 1-21 Douglas Crescent (see separate list descriptions). Polished, channelled sandstone ashlar with polished dressings; droved sandstone to basement. Base course; band course between ground and 1st floors and 1st and 2nd floors, corniced at canted bay to outer right and advanced bay to outer left; cill course to these bays at 2nd floor; bracketed block cills to 2 central bays at 2nd floor; dentilled cornice; blocking course to canted and advanced bays; margins to window openings, centre bays; doorpiece comprising consoled cornice to pilastered, keystoned, depressed-arch opening containing panelled timber door flanked by narrow lights with segmental-arched fanlight.

FRONT ELEVATION: canted bay at right, with lights to 2 faces at right; part-glazed door and fanlight to right of platt; window beneath platt; window to bay to left; bipartite to outer left; doorpiece to penultimate bay to ground; single window to both floors above; window to bay to left and to both floors above; bipartite to slightly advanced bay to outer left and to both floors above; 3 lights to canted bay, at ground, 1st and 2nd floors.

2-pane timber sash and case glazing; grey slate roof; coped sandstone ashlar stacks with tall moulded cans; cast-iron rainwater goods.

RAILINGS: spike-finialled railings to street (set in coping), and to ashlar steps and oversailing 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.

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