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11, 13 Spottiswoode Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Morningside, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9387 / 55°56'19"N

Longitude: -3.1983 / 3°11'54"W

OS Eastings: 325241

OS Northings: 672391

OS Grid: NT252723

Mapcode National: GBR 8ML.MM

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.VZ5N

Plus Code: 9C7RWRQ2+FM

Entry Name: 11, 13 Spottiswoode Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 11-13 (Odd Nos) Spottiswoode Street

Listing Date: 19 March 1993

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371638

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30597

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 11, 13 Spottiswoode Street

ID on this website: 200371638

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Morningside

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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Description

George Wilson, 1882. 4-storey, 4-bay tenement with Jacobean details, forming part of terrace. Squared and snecked sandstone with contrasting polished ashlar dressings. Base course; cill course at 1st floor; string course at 3rd floor; raised window surrounds; chamfered reveals.

E ENTRANCE elevation: paired pedimented doorways in 3rd bay; panelled doors; margin-paned fanlights; single windows above; scrolled open pediment to 3rd floor window. Single windows in 2nd bay; scrolled open pediment to 3rd floor window. Curvilinear gable with gablehead stack linking 2nd and 3rd bays; pedimented initial and date panel set in gablehead. Full-height canted windows in bays to outer elft and right; dividing cornice at 1st floor shaped aprons to 3rd floor windows; ogee roofs with lead finials. Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey-green slate roof; corniced gablehead stack; coped mutual stacks; scroll skewputts. INTERIORS: not seen 1991.

Low coped boundary to street.

Statement of Interest

Designed for Simon Henderson, baker. There are a number of differences between the Dean of Guild plans and the detailing of the building as executed.

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