51, 53, 55 North Castle Street, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 March 1966. House. 7 related planning applications.
51, 53, 55 North Castle Street, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- quiet-joist-hyssop
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1966
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
After 1792-4. 3-storey basement and attic, 9-bay former pair of classical houses with flats above. Cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Droved at basement and 2nd floor; V-jointed rustication at ground; polished at 1st floor with band course above; eaves cornice; long and short quoins to S. Outer bays united as pair of bows; doors to central 3 bays (right bay slightly broader); 6-pane rectangular fanlight at centre; those flanking arched with radiating fanlights, that to right recessed. Pair of piend-roofed bipartite dormers, and further garret dormer and skylights.
Largely blank rubble gable with windows at centre.
4-storey 4-bay rubble rear elevation.
Timber sash and case windows; mostly 12-pane but some plate glass. Ashlar coped skews; rendered stack to S, stone mutual stack to N; grey slates.
INTERIOR: No 55 largely refurbished 1995; not seen.
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