Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, early 19th century, with later shop front addition. 4-storey and basement, 7-bay terraced tenement. Polished ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor; bull-faced rustication at basement. Band courses between basement and principal floor, principal floor and 1st floor; cill courses at 1st and 2nd floor; projecting cills to 3rd floor windows; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Architraved windows at 1st and 2nd floors; windows at 1st floor with cornices. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 4-panel timber common stair door with 6-pane rectangular fanlight, centred at principal floor, flanked by advanced shop front to left, comprising recessed 2-leaf glazed door, cast-iron gate and plate glass windows, chamfered arrises, dentilled cornice with brattishing; round-arched doorpiece in 3rd bay from right, with 4-panel timber door, radial semicircular fanlight; windows in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above, with window guards in bays at 3rd floor, except at centre.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (32-38 Dublin Street).

S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (8 and 8A-20 Abercromby Place).

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge and gablehead stacks; coped, with circular cans.

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

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed balusters and urn 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. 26-30 Dublin Street was formerly 8-12A Dublin Street. Duke Street, to the south, was begun in 1801, and was continued as Dublin Street in 1803 as part of Reid and Sibbald's plans for the extension of the New Town. In 1966 Duke Street was renamed Dublin Street but retained its old numbers, while the original Dublin Street was renumbered.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17804993

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)