6 West Brighton Crescent, Portobello, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. House.

6 West Brighton Crescent, Portobello, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
Type
House
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

John Baxter of Portobello, circa 1826. Single storey with basement to rear, 3-bay classical house. Polished ashlar to ground; droved ashlar with rendered repairs to basement; rendered to NW and SE elevations (squared to SE); bull-faced render to rear. Band course between basement and ground; moulded string course at lintel height; cornice, blocking course; segmental-arched recesses for openings.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; 5 ashlar steps with original cast-iron handrails to panelled door to centre; rectangular multi-paned fanlight above. Windows in flanking bays.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen fully, 1994. Various extensions to rear.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Piend and platformed slate roof with platform at apex. Rendered and coped wallhead stack to NW elevation; brick and rendered, coped wallhead stack to SE; bull-face rendered wallhead stack to rear.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.

BOUNDARY WALLS: droved ashlar with coping to front, broken to right.

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