Description

Late 18th century; interior recast by David Bryce, 1850; facade remodelled and heightened by W Hamilton Beattie, 1873. 4-storey and attic, 3-bay. Polished cream sandstone ashlar. Modern shop at ground built out over basement area. Broad painted projecting 5-light window to 2 left bays at 1st and 2nd floors, with Corinthian pilasters and entablature, bracketed cornice (continuing across facade), blocking course and acroteria. Remaining windows with architraves, and consoled cornice at 1st floor. Eaves cornice and blocking course. Tripartite central ashlar wallhead dormer with pilaster mullions and scrolls, entablature and segmental pediment; flanked by segmental-headed timber dormers.

Timber sash and case plate glass windows. Mansard roof with grey slates; ashlar coped skews; stacks removed.

INTERIOR: Bryce?s Jacobean ceiling survives at ground, enclosed within later ceiling; cornices to upper floors.

Statement of Interest

Formerly the City Club. Incorporates part of the original fabric of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17804090

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)