Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, 1802. 3-storey, attic and basement, 5-bay terraced tenement. Polished ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band course and cornice at principal floor; cornice to 4 bays at left at 1st floor; cill course to 4 bays at left at 1st floor; projecting cills to 2nd floor windows, and window to outer right at 1st floor; cornice to 4 bays at left at 2nd floor; blocking course at 2nd floor. Entrance platt and steps oversailing basement.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorpiece centred at principal floor, comprising 6-panel timber door, radial semicircular fanlight. Bay to outer right slightly recessed, comprising 9-panel timber common-stair door with 5-pane rectangular fanlight in ashlar infill to former round-arched recess. Windows in round-arched recessses to remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above, with architraved and corniced windows in 4 bays to left at 1st floor. Flagged basement area.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (15 and 17 Howe Street).

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

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Window guards to 4 windows at left at 1st floor. Grey slate M-roof. Pair of polygonal piended dormers, regularly spaced. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ridge stacks; coped, with circular cans. Skews.

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

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by iron railings, with spear-headed balusters and urn finials.

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 by Reid and Sibbald in 1802. Building started in 1808. John Ewbank lived at No 11.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17575035

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