8 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 December 1974. Tenement.

8 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
sheer-tallow-spindle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 December 1974
Type
Tenement
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Circa 1814. 4-storey 3-bay classical end of terrace tenement, bowed to corner of Heriot Place, set back behind small garden. Cream sandstone ashlar; channelled to ground floor, lightly droved above; rubble to rear. Base course; dividing band between ground and 1st floors; cill courses to 1st and 2nd; projecting cills to 3rd; mutuled eaves. Timber panelled door (with bracketed detail above) and window to left at ground in recessed round-arched openings; windows to 1st in corniced architraved surrounds.

12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates; rendered stacks with circular cans to ridge.

BOUNDARY WALL, GATE AND RAILINGS: low coped ashlar boundary wall with spear-headed cast-iron railings; spear-headed finials to cast-iron gate; pine cone finials to gateposts.

Detailed Attributes

Structured analysis including materials, construction techniques, architect attribution, and related listed building consent applications. Sign in or create a free account to view.

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.