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5 Mid Terrace, High Street, South Queensferry

A Category B Listed Building in Almond, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9899 / 55°59'23"N

Longitude: -3.3958 / 3°23'44"W

OS Eastings: 313025

OS Northings: 678316

OS Grid: NT130783

Mapcode National: GBR 20.VR2G

Mapcode Global: WH6S9.TP5Y

Plus Code: 9C7RXJQ3+XM

Entry Name: 5 Mid Terrace, High Street, South Queensferry

Listing Name: 5 Mid Terrace and 1 and 2 Hamilton's Close

Listing Date: 22 February 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 386323

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB40397

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: South Queensferry, High Street, 5 Mid Terrace

ID on this website: 200386323

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Almond

Traditional County: West Lothian

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Description

Later-18th century; later alterations. 3-storey, 3-bay. Rendered; painted margins; recessed windows; strip quoins with capitals; eaves course.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: shop front at ground; 2 doors; flanking windows; regular fenestration at upper floors; painted base course.

E ELEVATION: adjoining building and pend.

S ELEVATION: stairs to flats.

W ELEVATION: adjoining building.

Modern glazing to shop front; 12-pane sash and case timber windows. Grey slate roof; straight stone skews; rubble coped stack at left gable head; rendered stack at right.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

Statement of Interest

Although the composition of this building is a little bit asymmetrical, with a wider expanse at the E end of the front elevation, thus not a very sophisticated classical composition, it is nevertheless a relatively late design from the late 18th century. It was unusual to have a full height top storey in a 3-storey dwelling house, therefore probably dates from the later 18th century. Another reason for the full height top storey is that the building was designed as a tenement. The addition of the capitals to the outer corners of the building emphasises the overall symmetry and classicism of the front elevation. However, they are more sophisticated than the rest of the composition and therefore are later additions.

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