2 James Street, Portobello, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 December 1974. House.
2 James Street, Portobello, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- noble-beam-kestrel
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1974
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Possibly earlier 19th century with later additions and alterations. 2-storey, 4-bay square-plan classical house. Deeply channelled ashlar at ground floor, droved ashlar at 1st floor; snecked rubble side and rear elevations. Base course, band course, apron and cill course to 1st floor, cornice and blocking course.
SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: door in left-centre bay, with 2-pane rectangular plate glass fanlight and window at 1st floor above. Window to each floor of bays to right. Later full-height, ashlar canted window in bay to left.
NW ELEVATION: large stairwindow to centre, with relieving arch above; windows in flanking bays at 1st floor. Single storey piended extension.
8-paned timber sash and case windows, plate glass timber sash and case windows to canted window and 12-pane timber sash and case windows to rear. Piended grey slate roof. Wallhead, shouldered and corniced ashlar stacks to side elevations; small wallhead stack to left at rear.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.
BOUNDARY WALLS: droved ashlar with coping, formerly with cast-iron railings. Tall rubble garden wall to rear. Original cast-iron gateposts still in situ.
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