Description

John McLachlan, 1879. 3-storey and attic, 6-bay symmetrical Free Renaissance tenement building with shop premises at ground floor. Smooth sandstone ashlar. Consoled fascia to right hand shop front Penultimate bays canted from 1st floor to attic level. 1st floor band course with scalloped tympana and shell motif. Cill courses (2nd floor bracketed); moulded architraves to 2nd floor windows consoled eaves course; canted attic bays with segmental pediments and acanthus tympana. Cast iron guilloche parapet at attic. Pedimented recessed dormers.

Plate glass windows to shopfronts; plate glass in timber sash and case windows above. Shallow double pitch M-section roof; grey slates; central corniced ashlar ridge stack with modern clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

An important component of Shandwick place, Nos. 52, 54, 56 are well detailed in the mid-Victorian Free Renaissance style, with cast-iron parapet and the shell motifs adding interest. The tenement's position next to St. George's West Church reinforces its importance to the streetscape in a prominent thoroughfare leading into Princes Street. This building replaces part of the early 19th century palace fronted tenements by James Tait. Several private developments were made along the street and this design is a good examples of the late 19th century redevelopment of Shandwick Place.

This was one of John McLachlan's first buildings as a sole practitioner. He went on to become architect to the Bank of Scotland from 1884.

(Category changed from B to C(S) and list description updated 2009 as part of re-survey.)

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56632438

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)