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37-41 (odd numbers) Frederick Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9534 / 55°57'12"N

Longitude: -3.2003 / 3°12'0"W

OS Eastings: 325149

OS Northings: 674026

OS Grid: NT251740

Mapcode National: GBR 8MF.7C

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.TM7D

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ3X+9V

Entry Name: 37-41 (odd numbers) Frederick Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 37-41 (Odd Nos) Frederick Street with Railings

Listing Date: 24 March 1966

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 367341

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28784

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 39 Frederick Street, Hill Thomson & Co.

ID on this website: 200367341

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

1786-92; early 19th century alterations at ground. 3-storey with raised basement and attic, 6-bay classical tenement with shops at basement and ground. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings; eaves cornice. Right bay with steps to architraved doorpiece with cornice and elaborate rosette frieze; glazed door to common stair. Inner right bay with steps to Ionic columned doorpiece of ground floor shop; 5 large plate glass windows to left (to each bay) framed by fluted pilasters between base course and entablature. Centre right bay with steps down to basement door with consoled cornice; 3-bay shop with raised architraves to left in basement. 2 narrow piend-roofed dormers at centre with further broad inset dormer to left.

Timber sash and case windows; plate glass at 1st floor, 4-pane at 2nd. Ashlar coped skews; rendered stacks (vestigial stone mutual stack to S, with skew and eaves of former building); grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

A Group with Nos 43-49 (odd nos) Frederick Street as a significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

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