Gateway And Boundary Wall, Leith Fort, North Fort Street, Leith, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970.

Gateway And Boundary Wall, Leith Fort, North Fort Street, Leith, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
late-cornice-vale
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
OS grid reference
NT 261 766
Coordinates
55.97668, -3.18553
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The lodges at Leith Fort, built around 1810, are a pair of matching two-storey Palladian structures made of cream sandstone. They are designed to flank the gateway that leads into the forecourt of the fort. The buildings feature rubble walls with droved ashlar on the front and polished ashlar dressings. Each lodge has two bays with open-pedimented end gables, accompanied by single-storey bays. The inner bays contain round-headed openings and pilasters, while the outer bays are simpler in design. The rear elevations have oculi.

The gateway is constructed from ashlar stone and includes a base course and coping. It features a pair of square piers and is flanked by round-headed pedestrian arches with impost stones. The outer posts of the arches are marked with Ordnance Survey benchmarks.

Additionally, there is a boundary wall made of ashlar-coped rubble that runs along North Fort Street and the northern side of the site.

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