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9 North St David Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9554 / 55°57'19"N

Longitude: -3.1945 / 3°11'40"W

OS Eastings: 325515

OS Northings: 674238

OS Grid: NT255742

Mapcode National: GBR 8ND.FN

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.XK0W

Plus Code: 9C7RXR44+46

Entry Name: 9 North St David Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 7 and 9 North St David Street and Queen Street

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 370089

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29727

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 9 North St David Street

ID on this website: 200370089

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1775; restored by Robert Hurd and Partners, 1980s. 3-storey basement and attic former tenement on corner site. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Channelled quoin strips.

ST DAVID STREET ELEVATION: 6-bay. 2-bay wallhead gable, with pair of architraved and corniced doorpieces to centre bays.

QUEEN STREET ELEVATION: 4-bay gable. Projecting 19th century shopfront removed at ground.

INTERIOR: now single office. Former flats with fanlit hallway; N rooms to each flat (with view to Leith) with fine carved and gesso timber chimneypieces; cornices survive throughout.

Statement of Interest

Listed at Category A 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. It is of note that these flats were built with Drawing Rooms taking advantage of the view to Leith, rather than being at the front of the building as was usual.

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