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Latitude: 55.9566 / 55°57'23"N
Longitude: -3.1899 / 3°11'23"W
OS Eastings: 325804
OS Northings: 674365
OS Grid: NT258743
Mapcode National: GBR 8PD.C7
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.ZJ5Z
Plus Code: 9C7RXR46+J2
Entry Name: 38 York Place, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 38 York Place, Including Railings and Lamp
Listing Date: 14 September 1966
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 370723
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29992
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 38 York Place
ID on this website: 200370723
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Terrace house
Later 18th century. 3-storey, attic and basement, 3-bay terraced classical house, bays grouped 2,1. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor; rock-faced rustication at basement. Base course; band courses between basement and principal floor, principal and 1st floor; cill courses at 1st and 2nd floors; dentilled cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Architraved windows with cornices at 1st floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.
S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorway in bay to right at principal floor, comprising 4-panel timber door with radial semicircular fanlight; windows in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above and basement. Flagged basement area.
W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (36 and 36A York Place).
E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (40-42 York Place).
N (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1998.
12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Pair of rectangular slate-hung dormers. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge stack; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.
INTERIORS: not seen, 1998.
RAILINGS AND LAMP: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed and urn finials. Cast-iron railing mounted lamp with glass globe.
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 began in York Place in 1793, after Lord Alva sold land to the north east of St Andrew Square to the city.
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