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17, 19, 21 India Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9558 / 55°57'20"N

Longitude: -3.2054 / 3°12'19"W

OS Eastings: 324835

OS Northings: 674292

OS Grid: NT248742

Mapcode National: GBR 8LD.6J

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QKTL

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ4V+8V

Entry Name: 17, 19, 21 India Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 17-21A (Odd Nos) India Street, Including Railings and Lamps

Listing Date: 3 October 1967

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 368412

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29129

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 17, 19, 21 India Street

ID on this website: 200368412

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Traquair Dobson, 1823. 4-storey and basement, 8-bay near-symmetrical tenement in terraced site. Broached sandstone ashlar, channelled at principal floor. Cill course to 1st and 2nd floors; band course to principal floor; blocking course. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: flush-panelled common stair door to right of centre, with flush-panelled doors in bays 3rd from right and 3rd from left; rectangular fanlights; windows in remaining principal floor bays. Regular fenestration to floors above. Contemporary cast-iron balconies in 4 bays to left at 3rd floor. Flagged basement area; coped broached retaining walls; vertically boarded timber doors to cellars.

S ELEVATION (JAMAICA STREET WEST RETURN): broached rubble; windows at centre to all floors.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered ridge stack at centre, rendered gablehead stack to N, ashlar gablehead stack to S; coped, with circular cans.

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

RAILINGS AND LAMPS: ashlar copes, surmounted by cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lis balusters and pineapple finials. Cast-iron railing-mounted lamps with glass globes.

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. Traquair Dobson lived at No 19; No 19 was restored by the Edinburgh New Town Conservation Committee in 1986.

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