Lodges, Leith Fort, North Fort Street, Leith, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Fort lodges and gateway. 1 related planning application.

Lodges, Leith Fort, North Fort Street, Leith, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
lesser-timber-amber
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
Type
Fort lodges and gateway
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Circa 1810. Cream sandstone.

GUARDHOUSES: pair of matching 2-storey Palladian lodges aligned to flank gateway framing forecourt (within fort); rubble walls, droved ashlar to front, polished ashlar dressings. 2-storey with 2-bay open-pedimented end gables flanked by single storey bays; inner bays with with round-headed openings and pilasters, outer bays plainer; oculi on rear elevations. Pedimented 4-bay Roman Doric loggias to court, with entablature and blocking course, centre bays pedimented.

GATEWAY: ashlar, with base course and coping. Pair of square piers flanked by round-headed pedestrian arches with impost stones. Outer posts of arches with Ordnance Survey benchmarks.

BOUNDARY WALL: ashlar coped rubble wall to North Fort Street and N side of site.

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