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3, 5 Spottiswoode Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Morningside, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.939 / 55°56'20"N

Longitude: -3.1984 / 3°11'54"W

OS Eastings: 325237

OS Northings: 672423

OS Grid: NT252724

Mapcode National: GBR 8ML.MJ

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.VZ4G

Plus Code: 9C7RWRQ2+JJ

Entry Name: 3, 5 Spottiswoode Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 3-5 (Odd Nos) Spottiswoode Street

Listing Date: 19 March 1993

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371636

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30595

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 3, 5 Spottiswoode Street

ID on this website: 200371636

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Morningside

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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Description

George Wilson, 1880. 4-storey, 4-bay tenement with Scottish Renaissance details, forming part of terrace. Squared and snecked cream sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Base course; cill course at 1st floor; string course over blank tablet at 3rd floor; eaves cornice; raised window surrounds; chamfered reveals; advanced and pedimented surrounds to single windows at 3rd floor.

E ENTRANCE elevation: 2 shouldered and pilastered doorways with hoodmoulds in 2nd bay; panelled doors; border-glazed fanlights. Single windows above and in 3rd bay. Full-height canted windows in bays to outer left and right; pedimented and pilastered central lights at 1st floor; facetted roofs. Plate glass sash and case windows with divided upper sashes; replacements at ground floor to right and 1st floor to left. Grey-green slate roof; corniced wallhead stack, with gablets to N and S; stone finials to pedimented windows.

INTERIORS: not seen 1991.

Low boundary wall to street.

Statement of Interest

Designed for Simon Henderson, master baker.

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