20, 20A Gayfield Square, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 April 1966. Tenement block.

20, 20A Gayfield Square, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
heavy-hearth-woodpecker
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 April 1966
Type
Tenement block
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Hugh Cairncross, 1808. Classical terraced double tenement block with symmetrical 4-storey and basement, 7- bay elevation to Gayfield Square (6-bay elevation to rear). Droved ashlar (coursed rubble with droved margins to basement; coursed rubble with dressed margins to rear). Dividing band between basement and ground floor; dividing band between ground and 1st floor and between 2nd and 3rd floor; eaves cornice; blocking course. Regular fenestration.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: to centre bay, steps and platt overarching basement recess leading to timber-panelled door with 4-light rectangular fanlight; to 2nd and 6th bays, steps and platt overarching basement recess leading to timber-panelled door with half-wheel design glazing to letterbox fanlight.

GLAZING etc: 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Pitched roof; grey slates; stone skews and skewputts. 1 stack to front pitch to centre; 1 ridge stack to centre; 1 ridge stack to right; all stacks corniced ashlar with droved dressings and circular cans.

RAILINGS: spear-head and urn finialled cast-iron railings set in stone copes edging basement recess; plain railings edging steps and platts.

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