72, 72A Cumberland Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Entry Name: 72, 72A Cumberland Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 16-18A (Even Nos) St Vincent Street, and 72 and 72A Cumberland Street, Including Railings

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 370140

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29752

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 72, 72a Cumberland Street

ID on this website: 200370140

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Architectural structure

Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, early 19th century. 4-storey and basement, 6-bay x 7-bay end of terrace tenement, substantially restored circa 1995. Polished ashlar sandstone; channelled rustication at principal floor; broached ashlar at basement. Base course; band course between basement and principal floor, principal and 1st floors; cill courses at 1st and 3rd floors; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

W (ST VINCENT STREET) ELEVATION: 6-bay; panelled timber doors with plate glass rectangular fanlights in 2 bays flanking centre. Regular fenestration to remaining bays at principal floor, and to floors above and basement. Corniced wallhead tablet centred at 3rd floor.

S (CUMBERLAND STREET) ELEVATION: 7-bay; panelled timber door with plate glass rectangular fanlight, centred at principal floor. Regular fenestration to remaining bays at principal floor, and to floors above and basement, with blind windows in bay to outer left and penultimate bay from left, to all floors above basement, and centred at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors.

E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (64-70B Cumberland Street).

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered ridge stacks, rendered gablehead stack with polished ashlar quoins, polished ashlar wallhead stack; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lis balusters and urn finials.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Second New Town A Group, a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. St Vincent Street was part of the first extension of the New Town, planned by Reid and Sibbald in 1802, it was built by Pringle and Edgar. Building started in 1821. It was curtailed by the building of St Stephen's Church in 1827/8 when the plan was revised to provide for 2 quadrants sweeping into St Stephen Street and Fettes Row. Nos 16-18 was partially refaced by William A Cadell, 1977-8.

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