Description

James Hill, 1788-94. Mirrored pair of 3-storey and attic, 3-bay former classical houses on corner site. Droved cream ashlar sandstone with polished dressings (stonecleaned). Smaller windows with cill course at ground; eaves course. Broad tripartite architraved doorpieces with fluted frieze and mutuled cornice to inner bays; No 1 with flush-panelled door, No 3 with 2-leaf panelled doors. Single piend-roofed dormer to No 3.

Largely blank coursed rubble gable. Irregular coursed rubble 2-bay rear elevations with tripartite windows at 1st floor and stair bays at centre (projecting to No 3).

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews; rendered stacks; grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

James Hill was a mason who built the street with finance from Robert Belshes of Greenyeards. A match for, and partly the same build as,

Nos 5-15. Listed at Category A 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

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair