Deptartment Of Works, University Of Edinburgh, 9 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 December 1974. Church, office.

Deptartment Of Works, University Of Edinburgh, 9 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
standing-quoin-grove
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 December 1974
Type
Church, office
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

William Sibbald, 1803-5. 3-bay, symmetrical, nave and aisle Neo-Jacobean former church (No 9) with curvilinear gables, now internally linked to early 19th century 2-storey, 6-bay Classical office (No 11) (currently forming university works department and offices) to right and with single storey pavilion to left. Ashlar, with some raised margins to church, rubble to rear. Base course, band course to pavilions, cornice. Raised cills. Round-arched openings to church and ground floor of No 11. Timber entrance door with semi-circular fanlight above to far left.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: former church with slightly advanced central bay. Set of 3 hoodmoulded round-arched openings to ground with 2-leaf boarded timber doors with metal studs and decorative metal hinges with 3-light semi-circular fanlights above. Large, central 4-light curvilinear tracery window with flanking smaller, 3-light tracery windows. Polygonal corner pinnacles.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows to No 11. Grey slates. Piended roof to pavilion to left.

INTERIOR: (seen 2007). Comprehensively altered to form workshop and offices. Barrel vaulted basement rooms. Some decorative plaster cornicing.

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