12 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 March 1966. Tenement.
12 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- over-hearth-harvest
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1966
- Type
- Tenement
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Circa 1790. 3-storey basement and attic, 5-bay former classical tenement. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Rusticated at ground; eaves cornice. Steps to arched tripartite pilastered doorpiece with fluted frieze and radiating fanlight at centre; steps survive to former common stair door at left, but door now blocked as window. Pair of earlier 19th century piend-roofed tripartite dormers.
Rubble gable end to S with windows at centre. Irregular 3-bay rubble rear elevation; tripartite windows to left, arched stair window at centre; full attic storey.
Timber sash and case 12-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews; rebuilt stacks, rendered to S; grey slates.
INTERIOR: tripartite timber lobby screen; 19th century timber dog-leg stair on axis. NE room at ground with pilastered sideboard recess and carved and painted chimneypiece. Common stair removed.
RAILINGS: cast-iron spearhead railings to front.
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