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26, 28, 30 India Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9558 / 55°57'20"N

Longitude: -3.2062 / 3°12'22"W

OS Eastings: 324785

OS Northings: 674298

OS Grid: NT247742

Mapcode National: GBR 8LD.1H

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QKFK

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ4V+8G

Entry Name: 26, 28, 30 India Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 26-30 (Even Nos) India Street, Including Railings and Lamps

Listing Date: 3 October 1967

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 368421

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29137

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 26, 28, 30 India Street

ID on this website: 200368421

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

William and Lewis A Wallace, 1819-23; restored 1982. 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 floors; 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. Cast-iron window guards in windows at 3rd floor, except central bay. 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. Random rubble ridge stacks, with broached ashlar dressings, random rubble gablehead stack with broached ashlar dressings; coped with circular cans. Coped skews.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997.

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.

Similar in design to 20-24 India Street (see separate listing). Restored with the help of the Edinburgh New Town Conservation Committee.

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