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4, 6, 8 Union Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9576 / 55°57'27"N

Longitude: -3.1858 / 3°11'9"W

OS Eastings: 326058

OS Northings: 674479

OS Grid: NT260744

Mapcode National: GBR 8QC.5V

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.1J65

Plus Code: 9C7RXR57+2M

Entry Name: 4, 6, 8 Union Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 4-10 (Even Nos) Union Street

Listing Date: 16 June 1966

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 370395

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29864

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 4, 6, 8 Union Street

ID on this website: 200370395

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Early 19th century; 12-bay (grouped 3-5-4) 3-storey with attic and basement, terraced tenement with later 19th century shopfront and carriage pend in bays to right at ground. Sandstone ashlar. Cill band at 1st floor, projecting cills at 2nd, string course at 3rd with mutuled cornice, fascia bands to shopfronts.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION:

9 bays to ground with 3, late 19th century shopfronts in outer bays to left, recessed entrance bay between shopfronts to right, timber door with fanlight, nookshafts to basket-arched windows with decorative capitals and shared mutuled cornice. Carriage pend at centre bay, segmental-arched and keystoned with 2 windowed bays above.

Basement with spearheaded railings to 4 bays to right, entrance at penultimate bay to right, panelled timber door with sidelights and round-arched fanlight, fenestration in flanking bays. Regular fenestration above.

Timber sash and case windows with 12-pane glazing, 6 tripartite piended dormers above, towering mutual ridge stack with terracotta cans, grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

Statement of Interest

Reconstruction of neighbouring corner block after fire, caused work of rehabilitation at No 10 Union Street.

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