Description

Late 18th century; remodelled 1847. 3-storey and attic, 3-bay office with shop at ground. Painted render. Built out as shop at ground with pair of panelled doors flanking plate glass 3-pane shop window; entablature and blocking course with amphorae (2 missing at centre). Architraved windows to upper floors. Cornice with cast-iron frieze; parapet with 4 piers and vases. 3 large pedimented dormers.

Gabled painted sandstone elevation to lane with loading doors at centre.

Timber windows; at 1st floor 12 fixed panes, with casement to centre; 2-pane at 2nd floor. Mansard roof; ashlar coped skews, stone stacks; grey slates.

INTERIOR: top-lit saloon to rear.

Statement of Interest

Adapted in 1847 as picture gallery and showrooms for Scotland's leading house painter, decorator and colour theorist D R Hay; shopfront restored in 1980s. A Group with Nos 30-60 (even nos) George Street as a significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh's New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17569422

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living