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50, 52 George Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9531 / 55°57'11"N

Longitude: -3.1983 / 3°11'54"W

OS Eastings: 325269

OS Northings: 673990

OS Grid: NT252739

Mapcode National: GBR 8MF.MG

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.VM5M

Plus Code: 9C7RXR32+6M

Entry Name: 50, 52 George Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 48-52 (Even Nos) George Street

Listing Date: 13 January 1966

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 367486

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28869

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 50, 52 George Street

ID on this website: 200367486

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1775; later alterations at ground. 3-storey and attic 5-bay (4-1) classical tenement with shops built out at ground. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings; channelled quoins to left, rusticated quoins to right; eaves cornice. Dentilled cornice at ground; at centre panelled door to upper floors with rectangular plate glass fanlight; flanked by later 19th century canted shopfronts (much altered). 2 earlier 19th century canted piend-roofed dormers to left.

Rubble return elevation to W with rebuilt rendered nepus gable and applied stack.

Rubble rear elevation with projecting gable; Venetian window to W bay; apex stack.

Timber 12-pane sash and case windows. Roof piended to W; grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

Sir James Simpson lived for a time at No 52. Adjoins the Assembly Rooms, hence the piended roof. A Group with Nos 30-60 (even 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.

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