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Latitude: 55.9467 / 55°56'48"N
Longitude: -3.2164 / 3°12'59"W
OS Eastings: 324126
OS Northings: 673301
OS Grid: NT241733
Mapcode National: GBR 8HH.ZR
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.KSKJ
Plus Code: 9C7RWQWM+MC
Entry Name: 15, 16, 17, 18 West Maitland Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 15-30 (Inclusive Nos) West Maitland Street
Listing Date: 27 October 1964
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 368827
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29292
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 15, 16, 17, 18 West Maitland Street
ID on this website: 200368827
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
John Lessels, 1864. 4-storey, 24-bay astylar block of tenements with shops at ground. Polished, channelled sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Dentilled cornice and blocking course to advanced ground floor; corniced cill course to 3rd floor; cornice and blocking course.
FRONT ELEVATION: timber doors with rectangular fanlights intersperse modern shop fronts at ground; regular fenestration to upper floors.
Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case glazing; modern glazing to shopfronts. grey slate roof; coped rendered and sandstone ashlar mutual stacks; cast-iron rainwater goods.
Part of New Town A-Group. Opulent interiors were designed for many of the houses. West Maitland Street was part of the Easter Coates estate owned by the Walker Trustees who, along with the Heriot's Trust, owned large tracts of land in the West of Edinburgh.
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