29, 31, 33, 35 Leith Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 December 1979. Tenement block. 1 related planning application.

29, 31, 33, 35 Leith Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
second-tin-twilight
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 December 1979
Type
Tenement block
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Late 18th century. Tenement block with 5-storey and attic, 4-bay, near-symmetrical principal elevation to Leith Street. Droved ashlar with polished cills and mullions (coursed rubble to rear). Modern shopfronts to ground floor; cill bands to all upper floors; eaves cornice; blocking course. Regular fenestration; tripartite windows to outer left bay to upper floors.

NW (LEITH STREET) ELEVATION: to left, timber-panelled door with 6-pane fanlight, set in segmental-arched opening; surrounding stonework painted. At centre and right, 2 modern shopfronts both with deeply set-back central doorways flanked by windows. 2 piend-roofed dormers to roof.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: 8-storey, 3-bay elevation with narrow canted section to left. Predominantly regular fenestration with dressed margins.

E ELEVATION: mostly obscured by No 37, adjoining (see separate List description). Above rooflevel of No 37; rendered gable to left with 1 window, to right, coursed rubble curved section with 1 window.

GLAZING etc: plate glass glazing at ground floor. Predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case glazing to upper floors; 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to flanking lights of tripartite windows. Dormers have grey slate fascias, haffits and roofs. Pitched roof; grey slate; stone skews and skewputts. Cement rendered gablehead stack with circular cans to E gable.

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