77, 79, 81 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 January 1992. Tenement. 2 related planning applications.
77, 79, 81 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- errant-quartz-bramble
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1992
- Type
- Tenement
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
David McArthy, 1883. 4-storey, 4-bay tenement, part of Scottish 17th century style terrace. Squared and snecked sandstone with contrasting polished ashlar dressings. Base course; cornice above ground floor; string course above 2nd floor; roll-moulded door surrounds; panelled doors; plate glass fanlights; chamfered reveals.
W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: near-symmetrical. 3 doorway and single window to central bays at ground floor. Full-hight canted windows to outer left and right; dividing and eaves cornices; parapet with fielded panels and swan-neck pediment to bay to outer left; hexagonal pyramidal roofs. Bipartite windows to central bays, 3rd floor windows braking eaves in pedimented dormerheads. Central framed and pedimented plaque above 1st floor; corbelled panel with blind oculus above, breaking eaves and linked to corniced central stack.
Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; corniced mutual stacks; moulded octagonal cans.
INTERIORS: not seen 1990.
Low saddleback wall to street.
Detailed Attributes
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