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18 India Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9554 / 55°57'19"N

Longitude: -3.206 / 3°12'21"W

OS Eastings: 324794

OS Northings: 674257

OS Grid: NT247742

Mapcode National: GBR 8LD.2M

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QKJV

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ4V+5H

Entry Name: 18 India Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 18 India Street, Including Railings and Lamp

Listing Date: 3 October 1967

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 368418

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29135

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 18 India Street

ID on this website: 200368418

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Terrace house

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Description

William and Lewis A Wallace, 1819-23. 3-storey and basement, 3-bay tenement in terraced site. Polished sandstone ashlar; polished V-jointed rustication at principal floor; broached ashlar at basement. (Former) cill course at 1st floor, cill course at 2nd floor; band course at principal and 1st floor; 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 radial fanlight. Windows in bays to right; regular fenestration to floors above, with cills lowered at 1st floor; decorative cast-iron balcony spanning bays at 1st floor. Flagged basement area, with coped rubble retaining wall; vertically boarded timber doors to cellars.

12-pane timber sash and case windows at principal and 2nd floors, 15-pane timber sash and case windows to 1st floor; cills lowered at 1st floor. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

RAILINGS AND LAMP: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed balusters and urn finials. Cast-iron railing-mounted lamp with glass globe.

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.

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