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8 Granby Road, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9279 / 55°55'40"N

Longitude: -3.1728 / 3°10'22"W

OS Eastings: 326814

OS Northings: 671155

OS Grid: NT268711

Mapcode National: GBR 8SQ.TH

Mapcode Global: WH6ST.78CG

Plus Code: 9C7RWRHG+5V

Entry Name: 8 Granby Road, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 8 and 10 Granby Road, Including Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 25 March 1997

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 390921

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44222

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200390921

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Late 19th century. 2 storey 4 bay symmetrical pair of houses with classical details. Cream sandstone squared and snecked rubble with polished ashlar dressings. Base course; roll moulded architraves and scrolled aprons to windows; eaves course.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: segmental arched doorways to 2 central bays with narrow flanking sidelights; 2 leaf panelled doors; plate glass fanlights; single windows to 1st floor above; advanced gabled bays to outer left and right; 3 light canted windows at ground; bipartite windows corbelled out to 1st floor above; foliate carving to triangular panels to gablehead.

Plate glass, timber, sash and case windows. Grey slate roof with decorative clay ridge tiles; coped wallhead stacks to N and S with very tall cans to S; coped, panelled, shouldered wallhead stack to E with foliate moulded cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL: low coped and coursed boundary wall to street; replacement railings.

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