Bank, 195-197 Portobello High Street, Portobello, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 September 1995. Commercial building. 3 related planning applications.
Bank, 195-197 Portobello High Street, Portobello, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- cold-mortar-lake
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 September 1995
- Type
- Commercial building
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Later 19th century with alterations. 3-storey, 3-bay symmetrical Franco-Flemish commercial building. Polished ashlar. Base course, cornice above ground floor supported by consoles flanking doorpieces to outer bays; fascia; moulded cill course to 1st floor, eaves string course.
NE (PORTOBELLO HIGH STREET): windows to each storey and bay. Tripartite window at ground to centre, with stop-chamfered arrises and corbelled cill. 2-leaf panelled door to outer right; architraved doorpiece with sculpted mask keystone; plate glass rectangular fanlight above; mirrored to outer left, now blinded (used for cash machine). Windows at 1st floor lugged and tabbed architraves and square-shouldered. Shouldered windows at 2nd floor breaking eaves in pedimented dormerheads, with carved stone finials and trefoil detailed to centre of each; coped skews and skewputt. Griffin gargoyle to outer left.
SW (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1994.
Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof. Coped ashlar coped stack to SE; cast-iron rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: plasterwork still in situ to banking hall.
Detailed Attributes
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