8 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.
8 West Brighton Crescent, Portobello, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- steep-niche-hyssop
- 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 to rear, 3-bay classical house. Polished ashlar to ground; droved ashlar to basement to SW; rubble to NE; bull-faced rendered to rear and SE elevation. Band course between basement and ground; moulded string course at lintel height; cornice, blocking course; segmental-arched recesses to all openings.
SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; 5 ashlar steps with original cast-iron handrails to panelled door to centre; plate glass rectangular fanlight above; windows to flanking bays. Modern linking additon to right with double doors for garage.
NE (REAR) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; boarded door to immediate right of centre; later (shown on Sutter's map, 1856) single storey extension to outer left.
12-pane timber sash and case windows to principal elevation; modern windows to rear elevation. Slate piend and platformed roof; slate roof to extension to rear. Stugged ashlar wallhead stack with coping to NW; rendered and coped wallhead stack to SE; wallhead stack to rear,
INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.
BOUNDARY WALLS: droved ashlar with coping to front, broken to right; tall rubble garden walls to rear.
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