Description

4-6 Melville Crescent John Lessels 1855-6, completing
Robert Brown's scheme of 1814. 3-storey and basement
with anta pilastered front as above. Ground floor
rusticated.

Statement of Interest

Walker Estate (see below). Diagonally set square formed

by splay corners at the Melville Street Walker Street

intersection. The Melville and Walker Street houses all

date from Robert Brown's time. His original proposal

was for pedimented tetrastyle columnar features at the

centre of each frontage.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17575671

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House