491 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Tenement.

491 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
idle-lead-wren
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
Type
Tenement
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Circa 1795, with earlier wing to rear, remodelled S Henbest Capper, 1892. 5-storey and attic 5-bay tenement with shops to ground floor; narrow round-arched entrance to pend to centre (E Entry to James Court) with steep turnpike stair to flats; long narrow asymmetrical block to rear at NW. Ashlar (painted to ground); rubble to rear, harl to NW wing. Regularly fenestrated. Eaves course. Projecting cills. 2 piend-roofed slated timber dormers to attic.

REAR WING: irregular stair tower to N, curved to ground floor, jettied above. Timber-framed access balconies to E (see Notes). Irregular elevation to W with asymmetrically placed small windows and broad wallhead stacks.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Tall stacks (harled to rear) with circular cans.

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