Salvation Army Hostel, 323 Cowgate, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 December 1974. Former institutional building.
Salvation Army Hostel, 323 Cowgate, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- final-nave-falcon
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1974
- Type
- Former institutional building
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Alexander Black, 1839-40. 3-storey, 7-bay, L-plan Scots Jacobean former institutional building on corner site with strapwork to spandrels and 1st floor windowheads. Coursed ashlar with moulded dressings. Round-arched arcading to ground with moulded consoles above, between openings. Cill course at 1st and 2nd floors; parapet with round-arched openings above windows. 3-bay to E elevation with shaped gable and chimney breast with clock; elaborate strapwork above at parapet level. Projecting jamb at SE angle: 4-storey with steep pediments at 2nd floor windows; central bracketed wallhead chimney with shafts removed; flanked by square ogee-roofed bartizans at corner angles.
Predominantly 12 and 15-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey Scottish slate. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
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