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Filliside House, 2 Seafield Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.969 / 55°58'8"N

Longitude: -3.146 / 3°8'45"W

OS Eastings: 328569

OS Northings: 675704

OS Grid: NT285757

Mapcode National: GBR 8Z7.7R

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.N74F

Plus Code: 9C7RXV93+JJ

Entry Name: Filliside House, 2 Seafield Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 2 Seafield Street, Filliside House with Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 29 June 1998

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392519

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45576

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 2 Seafield Street, Filliside House

ID on this website: 200392519

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Craigentinny/Duddingston

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Earlier 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay classical house. Squared sandstone with droved ashlar dressings. Base course, cornice and blocking course to front, panelled, polished ashlar pilasters.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: Ionic columned doorpiece with deep frieze and cornice to slightly advanced centre bay, deep-set panelled door with plate glass fanlight. Windows in flanking bays and to 1st floor above.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: tall, gabled single storey projection at centre, small window to NE return; windows flanking at ground and at 1st floor, flanking small square panel.

NE ELEVATION: largely blank with single window to each floor to outer right.

SW ELEVATION: lean-to greenhouse addition at ground (entered externally); 1st floor window at centre above.

12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Coped ashlar gablehead stacks.

INTERIOR: not seen (1998) but reported to retain original details.

BOUNDARY WALLS: rubble boundary walls with keel-shaped coping to Seafield Street, rubble terracing to crematorium.

Statement of Interest

Sited between the raised ground of the Eastern General Hospital, the former railway line and the Seafield Crematorium, Filliside House achieves a surprising seclusion and is a well-designed period villa.

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