Description

Late 18th to early 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay, well proportioned symmetrical house. Squared and snecked sandstone rubble to street (S) elevation, remaining elevations harled. Ashlar margins.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: principal (S) elevation with central 2-leaf boarded timber door. 1st floor windows about eaves. Remaining harled elevations with irregular fenestration and painted ashlar margins. Single flat-roofed projection at rear (NE) elevation with entrance at the re-entrant angle.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows with horns. Pantiles. Ashlar gable stacks with cans. Ashlar-coped skews. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

Sited to the south of the city walls, and the Kinness Burn, 29 Kinnessburn Road is a good example of the local sandstone and pantile building tradition, probably dating to the late 18th or early 19th century. It is a good example of its type and makes a significant contribution to the streetscape. The 1st floor windows placed directly below the eaves are indicative of its early date and the carefully proportioned principal elevation is particularly characterfull.

The buildings grouped around Fleming Place, including 29 Kinnessburn Road (the name dates from the 20th century, previously this street was known as Fleming Place Road) appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map of 1852-5. This complex of buildings may be associated with a flax spinning mill that occupied the site in the early 19th century; a position where water could be accessed from the Lade Braes north of the Kinness Burn or direct form the burn itself. Subsequently the site was purchased by John Fleming (a china and stoneware merchant) in 1849 who converted the buildings on the site into flats bearing his name.

Listed as 29 Kinnessburn Road and 14 Fleming Place in previous description

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External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56646295

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover