129 Princes Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 February 1985. Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.
129 Princes Street, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- sombre-gutter-bramble
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1985
- Type
- Commercial building
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Perhaps James Nisbet, late 18th century; remodelled MacGibbon and Ross, 1887; internal stair by Basil Spence. 4-storey, originally 3-bay. Painted polished sandstone ashlar. Modern ground floor built out over basement. 1st and 2nd floors framed by giant Ionic pilasters and filled by broad canted window, tripartite at centre and bipartite at sides, with Corinthian capitals to mullions; entablatures to both floors, with pediment at 1st, blocking course at 2nd. 3rd floor with
5 windows flanked by pilasters. Cornice and blocking course.
Timber sash and case plate glass windows. Flat roof to attic; grey slates.
INTERIOR: modern retail unit with some earlier features, including Spence?s stair (partly boxed in) at rear. Saloon with detailing concealed by suspended ceiling to rear of 130 Princes Street.
Detailed Attributes
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