31 Salisbury Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 November 1991. Hospital, nurses' home. 7 related planning applications.
31 Salisbury Road, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- stony-sentry-jet
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1991
- Type
- Hospital, nurses' home
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
J Douglas Miller, 1938-1947. Monumental, symmetrical, 5-storey block. Polished ashlar cladding to front and side elevations; ferro-concrete frame; Atlas white cement to E-plan rear with harled elevations; SE and SW angles dramatically raked.
S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 5-bay, each bay containing paired single windows; centre bay recessed with ground floor canopy and balconied eaves gallery linking advanced projecting bays. Entrance to centre at ground floor which is slightly in advance of more deeply recessed upper floors. Centre bay from 1st floor; slightly advanced and tapered breaking wallhead in block-parapet.
N ELEVATION: strip-glazing; vertically-glazed stair bays at E and W arms; horizontal glazing to return rear elevations.
E AND W ELEVATIONS: pair single windows to all floors.
Single windows; lower casements and 2-pane top hoppers; taller ground floor windows with transoms; strip-glazing to rear.
INTERIOR: plain 1930s fittings; parquet flooring; recreation hall with grid-glazed flat roof.
Detailed Attributes
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