6 Claremont Park, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Nursing home. 2 related planning applications.
6 Claremont Park, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- quiet-rood-willow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1970
- Type
- Nursing home
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Thomas Hamilton, 1827. 2-storey, 3-bay classical villa (now nursing home) with basement and flanked by single storey, 3-bay wings. Droved ashlar sandstone to front with polished ashlar dressings. Base course, band course, eaves cornice and blocking course. Architraved openings with panelled aprons to main block; architraved panels above architraved openings in wings.
N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical composition. Entrance door in centre bay; entablatured doorpiece with distyle fluted Ionic columns in antis. Panelled door; decorative rectangular fanlight with oval and rounded astragal pattern. 2 flanking openings and 3 at 1st floor. 3-bay wings each with advanced central bay framed by pilasters and entablature; door to central bay of left wing; probably altered.
S ELEVATION: not seen (1995).
Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate piend roof to main block. Wallhead stacks: ashlar; central flues linked as single broad shaft; octagonal outer shafts.
INTERIOR: not seen (1995).
BOUNDARY WALL: ashlar dwarf wall with coping.
Gatepiers and lamp brackets: square-section ashlar with shallow pyramidal caps and cast-iron lamp brackets.
Detailed Attributes
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