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Latitude: 55.9564 / 55°57'23"N
Longitude: -3.2027 / 3°12'9"W
OS Eastings: 325002
OS Northings: 674365
OS Grid: NT250743
Mapcode National: GBR 8LD.R8
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.SK22
Plus Code: 9C7RXQ4W+HW
Entry Name: 30 Howe Street, 28, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 28 and 30 Howe Street, Including Railings
Listing Date: 10 November 1966
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 368400
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29120
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 28, 30 Howe Street
ID on this website: 200368400
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Robert Morrison, designed 1807, executed 1819. 3-storey and basement, 3-bay terraced tenement. Broached ashlar sandstone. Cill course at 1st floor; advanced cills at 2nd floor windows; cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Steps and entrance platt.
E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 3-bay front at principal floor, corniced with consoles, comprising 6-panel door at right (No 30), plate glass rectangular fanlight; 2-bay shop front at left, with 2-leaf timber door, plate glass rectangular fanlight, at outer left, plate glass window at centre. Regular fenestration to floors above, with architraved and corniced windows at 1st floor.
N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (Nos 32-38 Howe Street).
S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (No 24 Howe Street).
Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Polygonal piended dormer at left. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.
RAILINGS: cast-iron railings with decorative balusters and finials flanking steps to No 30, and to outer left of entrance platt at No 28.
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. Nos 24, 26, 28 and 30 Howe Street (see separate listings) were originally a symmetrical group of 3 houses, with the centre house slightly advanced and pedimented.
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