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Latitude: 55.9422 / 55°56'31"N
Longitude: -3.1787 / 3°10'43"W
OS Eastings: 326475
OS Northings: 672753
OS Grid: NT264727
Mapcode National: GBR 8RK.MC
Mapcode Global: WH6SM.4XL0
Plus Code: 9C7RWRRC+VG
Entry Name: The Coalyard House, 64 St Leonard's Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: St Leonard Street 64, the Coalyard House, Formerly Called Hermits and Termits
Listing Date: 12 December 1974
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 370955
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30164
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Hermits and Termits
Edinburgh, 64 St Leonard's Street, The Coalyard House
ID on this website: 200370955
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure Office building
Formerly dated 1734 with initials CW&M and Clifton Crest.
2-storey and attic 4-window and centre shouldered doorpiece
ground floor (panel above removed) 3-window 1st floor,
1-window centre wallhead gable, scroll skews: later stucco
with margins, slated. Interior bricked up, but contains
panelled entrance hall and good ground floor drawing room
with china niche and secret door, upper part of stair
has turned mahogany balusters, one panelled bedroom.
Built by William Clifton, Solicitor of Excise, Leased in
1807 to the engraver Robert Scott (1771-1841); David Scott
RSA (1806-49) brought up here; William Bell Scott HRSA LLD
(1811-90) Pre-Raphaelite artist born here. Sold to Edinburgh
and Dalkeith Railway 1827, became railway office for the
adjoining coalyard. Deserted since 1968, bricked up and
chimneys shortened.
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