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Latitude: 55.9285 / 55°55'42"N
Longitude: -3.1933 / 3°11'35"W
OS Eastings: 325539
OS Northings: 671241
OS Grid: NT255712
Mapcode National: GBR 8NQ.N9
Mapcode Global: WH6SS.X8K0
Plus Code: 9C7RWRH4+9M
Entry Name: 25 Oswald Crescent, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 25 (Formerly No 5) Oswald RD Including Boundary Walls
Listing Date: 19 March 1993
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 371627
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30586
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200371627
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Villa
JR & EE Pearson, 1896. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay rectangular-plan villa with service wing to rear. Coursed bull-faced cream sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Base course; bracketted eaves cornice; architraved windows; long and short quoins; round- headed windows and dentilled pediments to dormers.
W ENTRANCE elevation: steps up to tripartite doorpiece in centre bay; segmental-headed and architraved openings; panelled door; decorative stained glass panels to door, fanlight and side lights; bracketted cornice with balustrade above; single window at 1st floor; dormer at attic. Full-height canted window in bay to outer right; lead canopy with wrought-iron window-guard to dormer. Full-height advanced bipartite window in bay to outer left; lead canopy with wrought-iron window-guard to dormer. S GARDEN elevation: 2-bay. Full-height canted window in bay to outer right; canopy with wrought-iron window-guard to dormer. Single windows in remaining bay; bipartite dormer.
N ELEVATION: 2-bay. Bipartite windows to both floors in bay to outer left; biparite dormer above. Single windows in remaining bay.
E REAR ELEVATION: largely obscured by adjoining lower 2-storey service wing and garages. 3-light canted dormer. Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate mansard roof; 2 shouldered and cornice wallhead stacks; 2 corniced wallhead stacks; moulded octagonal cans.
INTERIOR: not seen 1991.
GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: pyramidal caps to gatepiers to South Osqald Road; coped squared and snecked rubble sandstone walls; pedestrian gateway through slapping to South Oswald Road.
Designed for Harry W Smith.
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