Description

Built by 1780; later alterations. 3-storey and attic, 3-bay tenement on corner site with public bar at ground. Coursed rubble with droved ashlar dressings; long and short quoins; cavetto eaves cornice. 7-bay public bar with inset canted windows flanking 2 doors; upper floors with tripartite windows to outer bays; original ashlar cornice. Full width slate-hung box dormer with 4 tilt and turn windows. 3-bay gabled return with bar at ground, blind windows to centre and right bays above; irregular 2-bay wing to S with common stair to right, enlarged windows to left, and added brick storey.

Rendered rear elevation.

Timber sash and case windows, 12-pane and plate glass. Ashlar coped skews; stacks partly rendered to E, brick to W; grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

A Group with 116 Rose 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.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17805602

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