Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, early 19th century, with circa 1900 attic. 2-storey, attic and basement, 3-bay terraced house. Polished ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at basement. Base course; band courses between basement and principal floor, principal floor and 1st floor; cill course at 1st floor; mutuled cornice and blocking course at 1st floor. Windows in round-arched recesses at principal floor; architraved windows with cornices at 1st floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorpiece in bay to left at principal floor, with panelled timber door and radial semicircular fanlight. Regular fenestration to remaining bays at principal floor and to 1st floor and basement.

E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (43-47 Northumberland Street).

W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (51-61 Northumberland Street).

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof; long 8-light box dormer. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered ridge stack; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997.

RAILINGS AND LAMPS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed balusters and urn 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.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17576562

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments