Murdoch's Close, 48-50 High Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 August 1987. Tenement.

Murdoch's Close, 48-50 High Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID: twelfth-dormer-mallow
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: City of Edinburgh
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 13 August 1987
Type: Tenement
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

David Cousin and John Lessels, 1869. 4-storey, 3-bay Scots Baronial tenement with shop to ground. Squared and snecked sandstone ashlar. Windows at 1st floor corniced with strapwork pediment to centre; stepped string course above. Dentiled corbel table to 4th floor; steep-gabled dormer heads breaking eaves with thistle finial at centre apex.

Gated entrance to Tendricks Wynd at ground floor left, later shop front with plate glass to right.

8-pane glazing to timber sash and case windows. Grey Scottish slate. Broad end stacks. Clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

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