89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 January 1981. Commercial building. 11 related planning applications.
89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- long-chimney-dust
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh South West MP: Dr Scott Arthur (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1981
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, EH2 4SD
- OS grid reference
- NT 245 735
- Coordinates
- 55.94894, -3.21027
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
89, 91, 93, 95, 97, and 99 Shandwick Place in Edinburgh is a four-storey, six-bay symmetrical terrace designed by W F Rollo-Wilkie in 1896. The building features classical detailing and has modern shops on the ground floor. The ground level is finished in polished black granite, while the upper floors are clad in polished cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. There is a corniced band course on the upper floors, with dentil moulding at the second floor and a cill course at both the second and third floors.
The first floor has pilastered aedicules with segmental pediments over the central windows, and similar aedicules with triangular pediments, panelled dies, and plain aprons over the windows in the flanking bays. The second and third floors have architraves, with the second floor featuring cornicing. The first floor is marked by pavilions flanked by channelled strip pilasters, while the second floor is flanked by Roman Doric pilasters.
The principal elevation on the northwest side has modern shop fronts at the ground level, with a recessed doorway in the center and to the left. To the right, there is a panelled timber pend door with a large fanlight. The upper floors are arranged in groups of two, with two central recessed bays that have a balustrade at the first floor, and flanking two-bay groups that form French roofed twin pavilions. The fenestration is regular across all floors.
The southwest and northeast elevations are obscured by adjoining buildings, and the southeast elevation was not visible in 2000. The ground floor has modern shop windows, while the upper floors feature two-pane timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered in grey slate, with a coped panelled sandstone ashlar wallhead stack positioned between paired roofs, supported by small segmental-headed blocks. There are coped mutual stacks and a full complement of moulded cylindrical cans, along with cast-iron rainwater goods.
The interior is fitted as modern shops at the ground floor, with the remainder of the interior unseen in 2000.
Local climate
89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 11 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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