4 West Brighton Crescent, Portobello, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. House. 1 related planning application.
4 West Brighton Crescent, Portobello, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- late-rafter-nettle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1970
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
John Baxter of Portobello, circa 1826. Single storey with basement, 3-bay classical house. Polished ashlar to ground; droved ashlar to basement; rubble to side elevations (now heavily pointed, 1994). Band course between basement and ground; moulded string course at lintel height; cornice and blocking course; segmental-arched recesses to openings.
SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 5 ashlar steps (concrete repairs) with original cast-iron handrail to panelled door to centre; rectangular radial fanlight above; window to flanking bays; opening at bay to left, basement. Wall to left, slightly set back, boarded door to centre.
NE (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1994. Maps indicate an extension to SE, not seen on Sutter's map, 1856, but upon 1st edition OS map, 1896.
12-pane timber sash and case windows. Piend and platformed slate roof; piended slate roof to extension to rear. Brick, square rendered with coping wallhead stack; rendered wallhead stack to front of SE elevation; brick and coped stack to NE corner.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.
BOUNDARY WALLS: droved ashlar with coping, formerly with railings.
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