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2 Priestfield Road, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9351 / 55°56'6"N

Longitude: -3.1677 / 3°10'3"W

OS Eastings: 327146

OS Northings: 671955

OS Grid: NT271719

Mapcode National: GBR 8TM.VX

Mapcode Global: WH6ST.92SW

Plus Code: 9C7RWRPJ+2W

Entry Name: 2 Priestfield Road, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 2-4 (Even Nos) Priestfield Road

Listing Date: 29 March 1996

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389566

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43167

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200389566

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1880. 2-storey, 4-bay pair of symmetrical houses. Coursed cream sandstone coursed rubble with ashlar dressings to principal elevation; squared and snecked rubble to sides and rear. Base course; long and short ashlar quoins; shouldered architraves to 1st floor single windows; cill course to 1st floor windows between canted bays; deep cornice; mutual skewputt; chip-carved decorative details.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: doorways to 2 central bays; panelled doors; plate glass fanlights; bracketed doorpieces with intricately carved floral design to pediments; segmental-arched single windows above with bracketed cills (scroll motif to architrave of right window at cill). Full-height, 3-light canted windows breaking eaves to outer bays; decorative carved frieze above 1st floor; cast-iron finials to roof. Box dormer to No 2.

E AND W ELEVATIONS: central, round-arched stair windows to 1st floor; single windows to bays to S. Canted dormers to N.

S ELEVATION: single storey extensions to outer bays; regular fenestration above and to central bays.

Plate glass, timber, sash and case windows. Grey slate platform roof; coped and rendered wallhead stacks; coped ridge stack.

Statement of Interest

These houses are very similar in character and detail to those at Nos 1 and 3 Marchhall Road and Nos 6-12 (even nos) Priestfield Road (see separate list entries).

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