Edinburgh Art College Annexe, The Vennel, Grassmarket, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 August 1991. Former church.
Edinburgh Art College Annexe, The Vennel, Grassmarket, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- patient-roof-poplar
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1991
- Type
- Former church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Archibald Scott, 1828. 2-storey (basement to N and W) piend-roofed 5-bay plain classical former church, with arcaded porch to E. Coursed sandstone to E, random rubble to sides and rear, droved ashlar dressings. Blocking course. Long and short quoins. S elevation adjoins former Salvation Army Women's Refuge (see Notes).
E (VENNEL) ELEVATION: 5-bays. Flat-roofed single storey porch (now blocked) with tripartite ashlar Doric arcade flanked by single windowed bays; raised blocking course.
W (REAR) ELEVATION: 4 bays. Tall round-headed windows in 2 inner bays.
Predominantly 12 pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. 2 corniced chimney stalks with small circular cans behind E blocking course.
INTERIOR: (not seen 2000) converted (1999) to form studios for Edinburgh College of Art.
BOUNDARY WALL, RAILINGS, GATE AND GATEWAY: cast-iron railings on ashlar-coped random rubble boundary wall. Stone steps to S (from Vennel) flanked by ashlar-coped coursed sandstone walls to round-arched ashlar gateway with cast-iron gates.
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