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16 Young Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9528 / 55°57'10"N

Longitude: -3.2057 / 3°12'20"W

OS Eastings: 324812

OS Northings: 673966

OS Grid: NT248739

Mapcode National: GBR 8LF.5K

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QMPV

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ3V+4P

Entry Name: 16 Young Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 16 Young Street

Listing Date: 3 March 1966

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389833

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43367

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 16 Young Street

ID on this website: 200389833

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Terrace house

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Description

John Young, soon after 1779. 2-storey, half-sunk basement and attic, 3-bay classical former house. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Eaves cornice. To centre bay, architraved corniced doorpiece containing steps to deeply set door and fanlight with (damaged) wrought-iron lamp bracket. Left bay with tripartite windows; right bay with enlarged window at ground. Pair of small piend-roofed dormers.

Coursed rubble 4-bay rear elevation with projecting 2-storey tower to left bay, and slightly recessed right bay; stair window at centre.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews; stone stacks; grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

The site was feued to the builder Young in 1779, and became officially known as Young Street in 1806. Listed at Category A despite the enlarged window, and A Group with Nos 10-22 (even nos) Young 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. Young Street and Hill Street contain the smartest versions of the 2-storey New Town house.

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