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99A Princes Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9517 / 55°57'6"N

Longitude: -3.2 / 3°12'0"W

OS Eastings: 325161

OS Northings: 673835

OS Grid: NT251738

Mapcode National: GBR 8MF.9Z

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.TNCQ

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ2X+MX

Entry Name: 99A Princes Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 99 and 99A Princes Street and 2 and 4 Frederick Street

Listing Date: 20 February 1985

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 369530

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29509

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 99a Princes Street

ID on this website: 200369530

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Later 18th century with later additions at ground. 3-storey and attic former classical tenement on corner site. Painted droved sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Long and short rusticated quoins at angle. Modern shops built out over basement at ground floor, with canted corner. Moulded eaves cornice.

PRINCES STREET ELEVATION: 4-bay. Pair of canted piend-roofed dormers.

FREDERICK STREET ELEVATION: irregular 3-bay gable and single bay to N; 2 attic windows in gablehead; piend-roofed dormer to right.

Timber sash and case plate glass windows. Grey slates; ashlar coped skews; stone stacks.

INTERIOR: modern retail unit at ground and 1st floor.

Statement of Interest

A Group with Nos 97-8 Princes Street opposite (with which it forms a pair) and Nos 6-18 (even nos) Frederick Street as a significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

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