Description

James Tait, 1790-2; later alterations by, among others, A G Sydney Mitchell. 4-storey basement and attic classical tenement on splayed corner site, built out at ground. Droved Craigleith sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Long and short quoins.

QUEEN STREET ELEVATION: 5-bay; regular fenestration; cornice and blocking course. Later arcaded timber bar built out at ground with panelled Composite pilasters. Pair of bowed slate-hung dormers with tripartite windows (right one with blind sidelights).

NORTH CHARLOTTE STREET ELEVATION: 6-bay gable end with broad apex stack; ground rises 1 storey to S. Built out at ground as above; public bar to left, entrance to common stair at centre right bay; entrance to 1st floor at inner right bay; shop to far right. Left bay with 3rd floor window blocked; inner left bay with blind windows; centre bays with attic windows in gablehead. 3 right bays with no 1st floor (shops on rising ground); built up at attic with timber oriel window (by TH Marwick, drawings in NMRS).

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows. Grey slates; ashlar coped skews; stone stacks.

INTERIOR: considerable internal alterations, including insertion of timber stair joining 1st and 2nd floor flats at No 6 North Charlotte Street.

Statement of Interest

The skewed front is the result of the Earl of Moray's right of servitude relating to land which he owned at the W end of the New Town (later developed as the Moray Estate). 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; Queen Street was built to take advantage of the northern views, and has survived remarkably unaltered to this day. A Group with 74-78 (inclusive nos) and 78A Queen Street.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17576779

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)