Description

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

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

N ELEVATION: obscured by adjoining terrace, see separate listing (45-89 Great King Street).

S ELEVATION: obscured by adjoining terrace, see separate listing (25-29 Howe Street).

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ridge stacks, random rubble and rendered gablehead stacks; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by iron railings with spear-headed balusters and pineapple 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 in1808.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17575059

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