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7 Mayfield Terrace, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9351 / 55°56'6"N

Longitude: -3.172 / 3°10'19"W

OS Eastings: 326882

OS Northings: 671962

OS Grid: NT268719

Mapcode National: GBR 8SM.ZX

Mapcode Global: WH6ST.72SW

Plus Code: 9C7RWRPH+36

Entry Name: 7 Mayfield Terrace, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 5 and 7 Mayfield Terrace, Including Boundary Walls and Pedestrian Gates

Listing Date: 25 March 1997

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 390936

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44233

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200390936

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1860. 2 storey and basement, 4 bay symmetrical pair of classical houses. Cream sandstone polished ashlar channelled at ground and recently cleaned; rubble to sides and rear. Base course; cill course and moulded architraves to 1st floor windows; cornice; blocking course.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to doorways to 2 outer bays; 2 leaf panelled doors; plate glass fanlights; flanking strip pilasters; Doric columns to corniced doorpieces; bipartite windows to 1st floor above; tripartite windows to both floors to central bays.

Plate glass, timber sash and case windows. Grey slate piended roof; corniced wallhead and ridge stacks; moulded cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND PEDESTRIAN GATES: low coped boundary wall to street; higher mutual walls (to E with plain gatepier); corniced pedestrian gates adjoining to E and W.

Statement of Interest

Formerly Ross Street becoming Mayfield Terrace circa 1855. Part of the Blacket estate feued by Benjamin and George Bell and laid out 1825 onwards. As with Blacket Avenue and Blacket Place, both ends of Mayfield Terrace were originally closed by gates and lodges to afford greater security to residents. Similar to Nos 27-29, and 31-33 Blacket Place.

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