Description

Circa 1860-64 tenement and house (forming east side of Hope Park Square). Annfield House has 3-storey 3-window (right-hand bipartite) front to North Meadow Walk, quoin ends, architraved and corniced ground floor windows, Roman Doric pilastered doorpiece, later mansard attic: 1-window gable to square, continuous treatment with nos 6-9 which in turn are similar to nos 1-5. 3 storey, 1-window front to Square at nos 6, 7 and 9, 2-window at no 8 with plain architraved and corniced doorpiece, all stugged ashlar with slated roofs. Irregular rubble-built frontage to Meadow Lane with forestairs.

Statement of Interest

The tenements adjoin the eastern side of 6 Hope Park Square (originally Hope House), an 18th century villa built by Sir Thomas Hope of Rankeillor. Sir Thomas Hope of Rankeillor laid out a park area on the neighbouring Meadows (originally Hope Park) from 1722 on the site of the drained Borough Loch.

(6, 7, 8 and 9) Hope Park Square and Annfield House are visible on Bartholomew's 1865 plan of Edinburgh and Leith.

The majority of Hope Park Square appears to have been remodelled as small tenements circa 1860. An advertisement in The Scotsman newspaper of 1860 notes two dwelling houses for sale at nos 1 and 2 Hope Park Square each containing three flats. The Ordnance Survey map of 1876 shows the addition of forestrairs to the north side of the square at Meadow Lane.

Listed building record and statutory address updated (2015). Previously listed as '6-9 Hope Park Square and Annfield House'

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17809610

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)