Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, 1802. 4-storey and basement, 7-bay terraced tenement. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band course at principal, 1st and 2nd floors; projecting cills at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor windows; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Entrance platts and steps oversailing basements.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorpiece centred at principal floor, with panelled door, blind, radial, semicircular fanlight, flanked by round-arched doorpeices, with panelled doors and radial semicircular fanlights. Regular fenestration in remaining bays at principal floor and to floors above. Flagged basement area.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (9 and 9A Howe Street).

S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (1-19 Heriot Row).

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge stacks, random rubble gablehead stack with broached quoins; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS: iron railings.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Second New Town A Group, a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

Howe Street was part of the first extension of the New Town planned by Reid and Sibbald in 1802. Building started in 1808.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17575031

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)