Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, 1802. 4-storey and basement, 9-bay terraced tenement. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band course at principal floor; band course and cill course at 1st floor; cill course and cornice at 2nd floor; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: part-glazed common-stair door with blind rectangular fanlight, in 4th bay from left at principal floor; round-arched doorpieces in bays 3rd from left and 3rd from right, comprising 4-panel timber door to left, 6-panel timber door to right, with radial, semicircular fanlights. Windows in remaining bays at principal floor, regular fenestration to floors above. Flagged basement area.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (31-37, odd Nos, Howe Street).

S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (21-23B, odd Nos, Howe Street).

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

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997.

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 planned by Reid and Sibbald in 1802. Building began in 1808.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17575054

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)