117, 119, 121 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 January 1992. Tenement. 2 related planning applications.

117, 119, 121 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
silent-copper-frost
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 January 1992
Type
Tenement
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

J C Hay, 1880-82. 4-storey, 4-bay tenement, part of Scottish 17th century style terrace. Squared and snecked sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Base course; cornices above ground and 2nd floors; roll-moulded doorways; deep-set panelled doors; plate glass fanlight; chamfered reveals.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3 doorways, with lvariety of roll-mouldings, flanked by single windows. Full-height canted window to outer left, corbelled to square at crowstepped gablehead with square blank tablet inset; dividing cornices. Semi-circular tower bay to outer right with tripartite windows to all floors; conical roof with cast-iron finial. Single windows in remaining bays; 3rd floor windows linked above eaves by Dutch gable, with decorative shield supported by bracketted cornice, rising to corniced stack. Pedimented and bracketted tablet above 1st floor at centre.

Plate glass sash and case windows, several replacements. Grey slate roof; moulded octagonal cans; scrolled skewputts.

INTERIORS: not seen 1990.

Low saddleback wall to street.

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