Description

1786-92; later alterations at ground. 3-storey basement and attic, 7-bay classical tenement with shops at ground. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings; long and short quoins; eaves cornice. Steps to tenement door with 4-pane fanlight at centre; projecting modern shopfront to right with polished granite facing (incorporating door to basement restaurant); mid 19th century corniced shopfront to left with 2 large windows to left and deep-set double doorway to right with pilastered door to ground floor and subsidiary door to 1st floor; separate basement bar. 2 19th century piend-roofed timber dormers; tripartite to S, canted to N.

Timber sash and case windows; 12-pane to common stair and 1st floor right, otherwise plate glass. Ashlar coped skews; rendered stacks (brick to S).

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

RAILINGS: cast-iron railings to stairs.

Statement of Interest

A Group with Nos 51-55 (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.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17806198

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)