Description

William Chambers, 1770-2; refronted by Dick, Peddie & McKay, with modern office behind, 1970. 3-storey basement and attic, 5-bay classical office facade. Cream sandstone ashlar front. Moulded architraves; flanked by channelled pilaster strips. Roman Doric porch to inner right bay. Pair of canted timber flat-roofed dormers.

Timber sash and case multi-pane windows. Lead coped mutual skews; mutual stacks, dressed stone to E, rendered to W; grey slates.

Microtiled stepped 6-storey rear elevation.

INTERIOR: modern office.

RAILINGS: plain modern iron railings.

Statement of Interest

Built with Nos 23-26 by ?the joint purses of Sir John Whitefoord, Sir Robert Murray and Gilbert Meason?. Chambers designed Meason?s house at No 26, so presumably the others as well. A Group with Nos 21-26 St Andrew Square as part 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 Q56632170

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings