Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, 1801-4. 4-storey and basement, 5-bay terraced tenement, with 4th storey as wallhead attic. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band courses between basement and principal floor, principal floor and 1st floor; projecting cills to 1st and 2nd floor windows; cornice at 2nd floor; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 6-panel timber common stair door in penultimate bay from left, with plate glass rectangular fanlight; 6-panel timber door with rectilinear rectangular fanlight centred at principal floor; windows in remaining bays at principal floor, regular fenestration to floors above, and to basement; segmental-arched openings at basement.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (25-27A Scotland Street).

S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (15-19A Scotland Street)

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered gablehead 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 spear-headed 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.

The Dictionary of Scottish Architects records that plans were drawn up for Scotland Street in 1802 by Robert Reid and William Sibbauld. The Buildings of Scotland, Edinburgh, however records that construction did not start until 1823 when it was first known as Caledonia Street.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808146

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)