75, 77, 79 Cumberland Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 November 1966. Tenement. 1 related planning application.

75, 77, 79 Cumberland Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
silent-portal-spindle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 November 1966
Type
Tenement
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Mid 19th century. 3-storey and basement, 3-bay terraced tenement. Broached ashlar sandstone, painted polished sandstone shop front at principal floor. Base course; continuous cornice at principal floor; projecting cills to 1st floor windows; cill course at 2nd floor; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Windows with raised margins at 1st and 2nd floors.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: panelled timber common stair door centred at principal floor, with small-pane light to left, flanked by pair of 2-leaf timber doors to shop (No 75, The Open Eye Gallery), flanked in turn by recessed window pieces with plate glass windows. Regular fenestration to floors above, with small 2-pane window to right of centre at 2nd floor.

E ELEVATION: squared and snecked rubble; predominantly blank, with window to left of centre at principal floor.

W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (10-14 St Vincent Street).

Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate Mansard roof, with slate-hung lead-roofed dormers. Random rubble gablehead stack, with broached ashlar quoins; coped, with circular cans.

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