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84, 86, 88 Hamilton Place, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Inverleith, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9595 / 55°57'34"N

Longitude: -3.2068 / 3°12'24"W

OS Eastings: 324755

OS Northings: 674706

OS Grid: NT247747

Mapcode National: GBR 8KC.Y6

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QG5R

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ5V+Q7

Entry Name: 84, 86, 88 Hamilton Place, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 70-88 Hamilton Place, Edinburgh

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Last Amended: 17 July 2015

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 405421

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28996

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 84, 86, 88 Hamilton Place

ID on this website: 200405421

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Inverleith

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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Description

Robert Brown, 1830. 4-storey and basement, 16 bay classical terrace. Rusticated ground floor.

Statement of Interest

The estates surrounding the old village of Stockbridge, to the northwest of the New Town, were feued for residential development from circa 1813.

Hamilton Place was built on the estate of Mr Muir. A development plan for St Stephen Street and Clarence Street was assembled by James Peddie in the early 1820s. The architect for the scheme was Robert Brown who also designed nos 70-88 Hamilton Place as continuation of the corner of Clarence Street.

The tenement block on the eastern end of Hamilton Place appears on the Great Reform Act map of 1832.

Robert Brown, (d. 1832) Architect practiced predominantly in Edinburgh and was responsible for the layout of a number of building estates in the New Town of Edinburgh.

Listed building record and statutory address updated (2015). Previously listed as 'Hamilton Place 70-88'.

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