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Latitude: 55.9441 / 55°56'38"N
Longitude: -3.1779 / 3°10'40"W
OS Eastings: 326529
OS Northings: 672961
OS Grid: NT265729
Mapcode National: GBR 8RJ.SQ
Mapcode Global: WH6SM.4VZL
Plus Code: 9C7RWRVC+JR
Entry Name: James Clark School, St Leonard's Lane, Edinburgh
Listing Name: Former James Clark School, 1-9 (Inclusive Nos) St Leonard's Crag (Note Modern Additions of 1961 in Court and Annexe on St Leonard's Hill Are Excluded)
Listing Date: 12 December 1974
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 370795
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30046
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, St Leonard's Lane, James Clark School
ID on this website: 200370795
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
John Alexander Carfrae, 1913-19 extended HD Robertson
1923. Free Franco-Scottish early renaissance, finely
composed, detailed and sited. Approximately L-plan,
2-storey with basements at eastern angle. Random rubble
battered substructure to Holyrood Park, chamfered pilastrade
treatment of ground floor windows, 8 elaborate dormerheads
to 1st floor windows; gable terminates north end of
machicolated bows richly detailed dormers and pyramid roof
broached to conical, bay window south face; south frontage
has set-back verandah upper floor and rich Francois Ier
doorpiece. Arched gateway with niche to St Leonard's Lane.
Landmark on edge of Holyrood Park. Begun 1913, used as
garrison 1917-18. Named after Col James Clark, Chairman of
Edinburgh School Board, killed in action 1915. The 1923
addition consists of the north end of the frontage to
King's Park.
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