52 And 54 High Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 April 1986. Tenement.
52 And 54 High Street, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- tilted-groin-rowan
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1986
- Type
- Tenement
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Robert Morham (adapting a design by David Cousin and John Lessels - see Notes). 1871-3. 3-storey and double attic, 3-bay asymmetrical Scots Barional tenement forming part of a unified run on S side of High Street. Squared and snecked rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings. Chamfered, long and short window margins. Bay to left corbelled from 1st floor with projecting square bay rising 2 storeys and corbelled again at 3rd breaking through eaves with tall pyramidal, finialled slated roof. Bipartite windows to far right. Deep moulded cill course to 1st attic; two wallhead dormers breaking eaves with fleur-de-lys finials; three gabletted upper dormers, bipartite to left, set within roof pitch. Shops to ground with stepped band course between ground and 1st floors.
8-pane glazing to timber sash and case windows. Grey Scottish slate. Broad end stacks. Clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
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