Description

Robert Burn, designed 1800 with later 19th century alterations. 3 bay, 3-storey with attic and basement, terraced classical tenement with 19th century shopfront at ground (see Notes). Sandstone ashlar. Dentil cornice to ground floor, projecting cills to 1st and 2nd floors, band course between 1st and 2nd floors, eaves cornice, entrance platts oversailing basement.

N (PRINCIPAL ELEVATION): 4 bays at ground, tripartite entrance to right with fanlight, tall windows of later 19th century shopfronts to remaining bays of shoulder arched arcade with colonnette mullions, aprons beneath, banded rustication to outer right. Regular fenestration above, 2 piended and canted tripartite dormers.

Timber sash and case windows with plate glass glazing, grey slates, coped skews, gablehead stacks with terracotta cans, decorative cast-iron railings.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

Statement of Interest

Originally listed with 1-29 (odd nos) Forth Street, 41A-45 Broughton Street and 12 Union Street. Shop front now entrance to Victoria Hotel and further door to hotel in outer right bay of Nos 5 and 5A Forth Street. Forth Street (excluding 4-10), Picardy Place and at least 1-5 Broughton Street, 1-12 Union Street and Union Place were designed by Robert Burn in 1800 for the Commissioners for the Improvement of Manufacturers in Scotland. Building began on the north side circa 1803-1804 and on the south side about 1805. See OEC v 25 p.30.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata IDs Q17569147 Q17811533

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