Description

William and Lewis Wallace, 1819-23. 3-storey and basement, 3-bay tenement in terraced site. Polished sandstone ashlar; polished V-jointed rustication at principal floor; rock-faced rustication at basement. Cill course at 1st and 2nd floors; band course at principal and 1st floors; cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorpiece in bay to left, comprising flush-panelled door with plate glass fanlight. Windows in bays to right; regular fenestration to floors above. Flagged basement area, with coped rubble retaining walls; vertically boarded timber doors to cellars.

Plate glass windows at principal floor, 12-pane timber sash and case windows to floors above. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble gablehead stacks with broached ashlar dressings; coped with circular cans. Coped skews.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

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

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.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17575104

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings