Description

Late 18th century; subsequent alterations. 3-storey and attic, 3-bay tenement with shop at ground. Coursed rubble sandstone. 4-bay shop at ground with enlarged plate glass windows and door to centre right (stonecleaned). 2nd floor blank at centre. Large bipartite piend-roofed slate-hung dormer to left.

Irregular 2-bay rubble gable, 4-storey at rear, with door to upper floors at ground to right. Small gabled 2-storey warehouse adjoining to rear, with garages at ground and loading doors above.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews; grey slates; rendered and rebuilt stacks.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

A Group with Nos 26-64 (even nos) Thistle Street 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. Thistle Street was built as plainer artisan dwellings and workshops and has survived with few significant alterations.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17809608

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)