Description

Thomas Bonnar, 1829-34. 4-storey and basement, 6-bay plain classical terraced tenement. Polished ashlar sandstone at principal floor; broached ashlar to floors above and basement. base course; band course between basement and principal floor; cornice at principal floor; corniced frieze at 2nd floor; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Recessed windows at principal floor, with panelled aprons; architraved windows at 1st floor; projecting cills at 2nd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

Northeast (principal) elevation: recessed doorpieces with former 2-leaf, 4-panel timber doors and rectilinear-design rectangular fanlights, in bay to right of centre and in bays to outer left and right, at principal floor. Windows in remaining bays at principal floor, with lowered cills in bays to left of centre. Regular fenestration to floors above and basement. Glazed door in penultimate bay from left at basement. Flagged basement area. Double-faced clock suspended from decorative wrought-iron bracket, wall-hung below principal floor cornice, between 3rd and penultimate bay from left.

Northwest elevation: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (62-66 Broughton Street).

Southeast elevation: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (50-54A Broughton Street).

Rear elevation: not seen, 1998. Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Broached ashlar ridge stacks; coped, with circular cans.

Interiors: not seen, 1998.

Railings: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed and pineapple finials.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Edinburgh New Town A Group, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. Built on a sloping site, the stepped-down blocks between and including 42 and 76 Broughton Street area separated by swept-down cornices.

In 1974, 58 Broughton Street was bought by the Scottish Minorities Group (SMG) and in the spring of 1975 opened as an Information Centre. By 1977 the premises hosted a coffee shop, a bookstall and a befriending service (a form of non-directive counselling). In 2018 the centre is owned and managed by Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Community Project Limited, and operates as the Edinburgh LGBT centre.

Description and Statement of Special Interest updated 2018.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17811398

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