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Latitude: 55.9562 / 55°57'22"N
Longitude: -3.1893 / 3°11'21"W
OS Eastings: 325841
OS Northings: 674326
OS Grid: NT258743
Mapcode National: GBR 8PD.GC
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.ZKG7
Plus Code: 9C7RXR46+F7
Entry Name: 45B York Place, 45, 45A, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 45, 45A and 45B York Place, Including Railings
Listing Date: 14 September 1966
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 370695
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29968
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 45, 45a, 45b York Place
ID on this website: 200370695
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Building
Later 18th century, with alterations. 3-storey, attic and basement, 3-bay terraced classical house, with basement built out as shopfront. Broached ashlar sandstone. Band courses between basement and principal floor, and 1st and 2nd floors; cornice at 2nd floor. Projecting cills at 2nd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.
N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: narrow architraved doorway with consoled cornice, panelled timber door and 3-pane rectangular fanlight in bay to left at principal floor. Modern tripartite window to remainder of principal floor, with 4-pane lights. Regular fenestration to floors above. Wide ashlar steps to 3-bay advanced basement shopfront comprising glazed door flanked by plate glass windows, surmounted by lintel, dentilled cornice and blocking course.
W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (39-43 York Place).
E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (47-49 York Place).
S (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1998.
Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Pair of rectangular slate-hung dormers. Modern skylights. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge stack; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.
INTERIORS: not seen, 1998.
RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed and urn finials.
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. Feuing in York Place began in 1793, after Lord Alva sold land to the north east of St Andrew Square to the city.
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