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Latitude: 55.9562 / 55°57'22"N
Longitude: -3.1889 / 3°11'20"W
OS Eastings: 325864
OS Northings: 674326
OS Grid: NT258743
Mapcode National: GBR 8PD.KC
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.ZKM7
Plus Code: 9C7RXR46+FC
Entry Name: 51 York Place, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 51 York Place, Including Railings
Listing Date: 14 September 1966
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 370697
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29970
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 51 York Place
ID on this website: 200370697
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Building
Later 18th century, with later alterations. 3-storey, attic and basement, 3-bay terraced classical house. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band courses between basement and principal floor, and 1st and 2nd floors. Mutuled cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Projecting cills at 1st and 2nd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platt oversailing basement.
N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: doorway with recessed panelled timber door and plate glass rectangular fanlight in bay to right at principal floor. Regular fenestration in remaining bays at principal floor and to floors above. Wide ashlar steps to 3-bay shopfront at basement, comprising multi-pane glazed door in bay to right, with glazed sidelights; plate glass windows in remaining bays.
W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (47-49 York Place).
E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (53-55 York Place).
S (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1998.
Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows, plate glass at principal floor. Grey slate M-roof. Pair of rectangular slate-hung dormers. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered and lined 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. Entrance platt and step-mounted decorative iron railings.
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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