Description

Circa 1775; considerable subsequent alterations. 2, 3-storey and attic 3-bay former houses. Droved cream sandstone ashlar, rendered and painted to No 77; some timber dressings. Modern built-out shopfront unites both houses with doorway to upper offices at centre.

NO 77: early 20th century projection at 1st floor with paired pilasters framing large mullioned and transomed windows. 2nd floor windows with lugged architraves; cornice with balustraded parapet broken by pedimented wallhead dormers.

NO 79: lugged architraves to 1st floor windows; centre window with consoled pediment. Pair of large pilastered tripartite gabled dormers.

Timber sash and case windows; plate glass and 4-pane. Ashlar coped skews; stone stacks (rebuilt to E) ; grey slates.

INTERIOR: saloons to rear.

Statement of Interest

These were originally plain houses. Nos 79-87 (and perhaps No 77) were built together on a line and subsequently received identical dressings at 1st floor (No 83 was completely rebuilt), see separate listings. A Group with Nos 77-87 (odd nos) George 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 Q17806532

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  For the Record