Description

James Haldane, earlier to mid 19th century. Classical palace block of terraced houses, 5-bay to W (forming corner with 4-bay Torphichen Place), 6-bay to E, flanking pair of 2-storey with basement 3-bay houses. Droved sandstone ashlar to basement; polished sandstone ashlar, with V-jointed rustication at ground floor, to remaining floors; polished dressings. Base course; band course between ground and 1st floors; string course; cornice and blocking course, raised terminal pavilions; cornice and raised coped blocking course to central pavilion. Giant anta pilasters to 1st and 2nd floor terminal pavilions, corniced architraves to 1st floor windows intervening section; panelled aprons to 1st floor windows, architraves to 1st and 2nd floor windows, cill course to 2nd floor windows Torphichen Place elevation. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

N (MAIN) ELEVATION:

W (terminal) pavilion (No 14): recessed timber panelled door with fanlight to centre of ground floor; windows to flanking bays and to all bays upper storeys.

Central pavilions (Nos 16-18): recessed panelled timber door with rectangular fanlight to 2 central bays at ground floor; windows to flanking bays and to all bays upper storeys; anthemion and palmette pattern ironwork balconies to 1st floor of No 18.

E (terminal) pavilion (Nos 20-22): 2-leaf, 2-panel timber doors with fanlight to 2 central bays at ground floor; windows to flanking bays and to all bays upper floors; anthemion and palmette pattern ironwork balconies to 1st floor windows.

W (TORPHICHEN PLACE) ELEVATION: recessed 4-panelled timber door with timber panel in fanlight to bay to outer right at ground floor; windows to bays to left, 2 bays to outer left infilled; windows to all bays of upper floors; coped blocking course.

E ELEVATION: rendered; predominantly obscured by adjoining building.

S ELEVATION: not seen 2000.

Principally 12-pane timber sash and case windows (2-pane to upper floors of No 14). Roof not seen. Mixture of ashlar and rendered stacks, coped, with moulded cylindrical cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

RAILINGS: fleur-de-lys and acorn-head railings to street and to entrance platts.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Edinburgh New Town A-Group, a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. This continuation of James Haldane's Morrison development reflects the pavilioned arrangement of Nos 2-12 Torphichen Street. It comprises well-conceived simple classical features, notably a rusticated ground floor, a giant order and neat corniced architraves. It seems that, like Nos 2-12, this part of Torphichen Street may have suffered from some dislocation in the completion of its components: parts of the elevation are missing from the 1853 OS Map, on which this side of Torphichen Street appears as St Cuthbert's Street.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17809724

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