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20 Forth Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.958 / 55°57'28"N

Longitude: -3.1871 / 3°11'13"W

OS Eastings: 325979

OS Northings: 674524

OS Grid: NT259745

Mapcode National: GBR 8PC.XQ

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.0HLW

Plus Code: 9C7RXR57+65

Entry Name: 20 Forth Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 20 and 22 Forth Street

Listing Date: 16 June 1966

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 393018

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45952

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 20 Forth Street

ID on this website: 200393018

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Robert Burn, 1800. 3-storey with mansard attic to No 20, attic and basement, terraced tenement. Droved sandstone ashlar. Base course, band course between floors, blocking course, projecting cills, blind ashlar balustrade with panelled tablets to mansard roof above No 22, pilastered and pedimented doorpieces with decorative capitals and rosette motif, entrance platts oversailing basement.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: broad tripartite doorpieces with timber panelled doors and segmental-arched fanlights to 1st and 4th bays, windows to remaining bays, regular fenestration above with 3 dormer windows to mansard roof, piended and canted tripartite dormer and roof light to No 22.

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

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

Statement of Interest

Originally listed with Nos 12-30 (even Nos) Forth Street.

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