Description

James Hill, 1788-94; subsequent alterations. 3-storey and attic, 3-bay classical former house. Droved cream ashlar sandstone with polished dressings (stonecleaned). Smaller windows with cill course at ground; eaves course. Broad tripartite architraved doorpiece with fluted frieze and mutuled cornice to left bay; modern panelled door. Full-width timber box dormer.

Irregular rubble rear elevation with projecting closet and stair bay to right and tripartite window at 1st floor to left; slate-hung box dormer.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows (plate glass to rear). Ashlar coped skews; stone stacks, rendered to E; grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

James Hill was a mason who built the street with finance from Robert Belshes of Greenyeards. A match for, and partly the same build as (note how the stones knit together at the 1st floor), Nos 1-13. Listed at Category A as a significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh's New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17569666

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas