Description

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, 1801-4. 4-storey and basement, 7-bay (grouped 2-3-2), terraced tenement. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band course at principal and 1st floors; projecting cills to 1st and 2nd floor windows; cornice to 2nd floor; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: part-glazed timber common stair door with blind rectangular fanlight, centred at principal floor; flanked by pair of 4-panel timber doors, decorative rectangular fanlight to left, plate glass rectangular fanlight to right. Windows in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above, and to basement. Vertically boarded timber cellar doors and segmental-arched doorway to No 24 at basement. Flagged basement area.

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

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Grey slate M-roof. Broached ashlar ridge stacks, coped, with circular cans.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by iron railings, with spear-headed balusters and pineapple 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. For mews to rear, see separate listing (West Scotland Street Lane).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808305

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6