Description

1786-92. 3-storey and attic, 9-bay classical former tenement. Droved cream sandstone ashlar. Ground floor built out as shops; extra storey with further attic to 4 N bays (with flagpole). Common stair at centre. Mutuled eaves cornice. Corniced tripartite box dormer above common stair; 2 piend-roofed dormers to left (1 bipartite); pair of bipartite box dormers to N.

Timber sash and case windows; 12-pane to S (lower plate glass sash at 1st floor), plate glass to N. Ashlar coped skews; stack removed to S; rendered stacks at centre; corniced stone stacks to N; grey slates.

INTERIOR: shops modernised. Modern access to tenement stair; many alterations to incorporate lift and offices.

Statement of Interest

Main door flats formerly with door to centre inner bay. A Group with Nos 20-32 (even 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 Q17806249

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)