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47 Thistle Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9541 / 55°57'14"N

Longitude: -3.1993 / 3°11'57"W

OS Eastings: 325212

OS Northings: 674102

OS Grid: NT252741

Mapcode National: GBR 8MF.G3

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.TLQW

Plus Code: 9C7RXR32+J7

Entry Name: 47 Thistle Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 47 Thistle Street and 19 North West Thistle Street Lane

Listing Date: 13 January 1966

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389822

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43358

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 47 Thistle Street

ID on this website: 200389822

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Tenement

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Description

Circa 1775. 3-storey basement and attic, 6-bay tenement, built on ground falling to N (rear). Coursed rubble. At centre right, doorway to common stair at rear. Wrought-iron sign above door - GORDON WILSON PAINTER. Pair of piend-roofed tripartite dormers, and 1 bipartite.

Irregular 5-storey and attic 5-bay rear elevation with additions at ground and large box dormer.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows (some plate glass at ground). Ashlar coped skews; rebuilt stone stacks; grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

A Group with Nos 35-67 (odd nos) Thistle Street 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. Thistle Street was built as plainer artisan dwellings and workshops and has survived with few significant alterations.

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