Community Centre, 165 Leith Walk, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 March 1995. Community centre. 3 related planning applications.
Community Centre, 165 Leith Walk, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- stark-quoin-winter
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1995
- Type
- Community centre
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dated 1938, 2-storey, 6-bay austere Modern Movement, symmetrical, community centre building with 4-bay returns. Rectangular plan with polished ashlar sandstone frontage to Leith Walk and cement rendered side elevations. Cill course at ground floor continued around to side elevations, cornice at roof level, returned short of elevation ends.
Parapet above cornice with advanced ends and raised table at centre. 2-storey window openings in each bay, timber diamond and string course decoration over ground floor windows, square panels above between floors with ventilation holes at centre, profiled timber sills below 1st floor windows. Pilasters between with plain capitals, wider ends framing facade with band course at top. Additional string course frame to fenestration. Entrance doors at bay 1, N elevation, and bay 2, S elevation, the latter with heavy lintel and keystone.
4-pane timber windows to ground floor, 2-pane to 1st floor, all with border glazing.
Detailed Attributes
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