98 Grassmarket, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 April 1969. Tenement.
98 Grassmarket, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- grey-crypt-hyssop
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1969
- Type
- Tenement
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Early 17th century with later alterations and additions. 5-storey and attic tenement with gabled stair tower to left and 4-bays with nepus gable to Grassmarket and 2-bay gable with wallhead stack to West Bow. Yellow harled with stone margins.
SE (GRASSMARKET) ELEVATION: advanced pitch-roofed stair tower to left with 5 small windows lighting stair and small wallhead stack (see Notes). Recessed 4-bay block to right: small window to left at ground, timber boarded door to centre and modern window to right. String course between ground and 1st floors. Regularly fenestrated; paired windows to centre at 1st floor; 2 small windows in nepus gable to attic.
E (WEST BOW) ELEVATION: timber boarded door to right at ground; blocked door with inscription to outer right (see Notes); single windows to left at 1st, 2nd, 3rd 4th and attics; 4 smaller, irregularly placed windows with diamond-pane glazing to right.
12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; fixed diamond-paned glazing to West Bow. Massive end stack to W; corniced apex stacks with circular cans to gables. Grey slates. Ashlar-coped skews.
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