Shoemakers' Land, 195-197 Canongate, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Tenement.

Shoemakers' Land, 195-197 Canongate, Edinburgh

WRENN ID: gentle-pavement-snow
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: City of Edinburgh
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 14 December 1970
Type: Tenement
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

17th century. Reconstructed, 1725 by the Incorporation of Cordiners and again, 1956 by Robert Hurd (see Notes). Substantial, 5-storey, 6-bay tenement with moulded cornice and blocking course; shop to ground. Roughly squared rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings. Slightly raised, chamfered margins. Regular fenestration to upper floors with narrower openings to far left. Curved corner to 4th floor, outer right. Carved panel to centre between 1st and 2nd floors. Central shop door way flanked by shallow-canted fixed-pane windows. Timber door to stair at far right, serving dwellings at upper floors.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing to timber sash and case windows to upper levels. Grey slate. End stack to W. Clay cans.

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