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Latitude: 55.9417 / 55°56'29"N
Longitude: -3.2067 / 3°12'24"W
OS Eastings: 324725
OS Northings: 672725
OS Grid: NT247727
Mapcode National: GBR 8KK.YK
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QX6F
Plus Code: 9C7RWQRV+M8
Entry Name: 26 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 26 and 28 Gilmore Place, Including Boundary Wall and Railings
Listing Date: 21 June 1982
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 367559
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28913
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 26 Gilmore Place
ID on this website: 200367559
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Mid 19th century. 2 2-storey and attic 3-bay houses. Polished ashlar. Band course between ground and 1st floors; projecting cills; eaves cornice and blocking course. Timber panelled doors in left bays with plate glass fanlights in Doric pilastered surrounds. Regularly fenestrated. Later slate-hung dormers to attics.
8-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Stone skews. Corniced ashlar stacks.
BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS: cast-iron railings on low stone coped walls.
A pair of good plain classical houses, substantially unaltered. Gilmore Place was built from the W towards the E. The site is still shown as a rope walk on the 1853 OS map; 1877 OS map shows the terrace complete; Nos 26 and 28 formed the end of the terrace until the rope walk was moved to the N.
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