Description

William and Lewis A Wallace, 1819-23. 4-storey and basement, 9-bay classical tenement in terraced site. Tooled sandstone ashlar; channelled polished ashlar at principal floor. Cill course at 1st and 2nd floors; band course at principal and 1st floor; cornice at 2nd floor; blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: recessed doorpieces, comprising common stair door at centre and doors in 3rd bays from outer left and right; flush-panelled doors with rectangular fanlights. Windows in recesses in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above, architraved windows with cornices at 1st floor. Flagged basement area, with coped rubble retaining walls; predominantly vertically boarded timber doors to cellars.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Harled ridge stacks with broached ashlar dressings, large rubble gablehead stacks with broached ashlar dressings; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.

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.

The architect William Wallace lived at 22 India Street.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17575110

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)