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Latitude: 55.9598 / 55°57'35"N
Longitude: -3.1954 / 3°11'43"W
OS Eastings: 325467
OS Northings: 674730
OS Grid: NT254747
Mapcode National: GBR 8NC.72
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.WGKH
Plus Code: 9C7RXR53+WR
Entry Name: 16, 18 Scotland Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 16-18A (Even Nos) Scotland Streetand 24 West Scotland Street Lane, Including Railings
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 370205
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29782
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 16, 18 Scotland Street
ID on this website: 200370205
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Robert Reid and William Sibbald, 1801-4. 4-storey and basement, 6-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 at 1st and 2nd floor windows; cornice at 2nd floor; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.
E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 6-panel timber common stair door with rectilinear rectangular fanlight in 3rd bay from left at principal floor, 6-panel timber door with plate glass rectangular fanlight in 3rd bay from right at principal floor; windows in remaining bays, regular fenestration to floors above, and to basement. Flagged basement area.
N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (20-24A Scotland Street).
S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (12-14A Scotland Street).
INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.
RAILINGS: ashlar copes, surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed balusters and pineapple finials.
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. For mews to rear, see separate listing (West Scotland Street Lane).
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