42 Leith Walk, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Townhouse.
42 Leith Walk, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- moated-moat-pigeon
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1970
- Type
- Townhouse
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Pre 1804. 4-storey, 3-bay townhouse with basement, part of near regular terrace of 5. Cream sandstone, dressed ashlar with polished dressings, coursed rubble to SW elevation, rubble to rear. Band course above basement; ground floor windows architraved and corniced; dentilled eaves cornice.
SE (FRONT) ELEVATION: pilastered and corniced doorway to right of centre, rectangular plate glass fanlight, 2-leaf panelled door. Single windows to remaining bays and floors. Single rectangular dormer with piended roof to right; rectangular tripartite piended dormer to left.
NW (REAR) ELEVATION: semi-circular projecting stair well; single windows.
SW ELEVATION: gablehead raised with broad apex stack; single windows (some blinded).
Timber sash and case windows, mostly 12-pane glazing, some replacement windows to rear. Black slate roof; apex stack (see above), coped mutual stack.
INTERIOR: not seen 1993.
BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS: low rubble boundary wall to front, some original iron railings.
Detailed Attributes
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