51-55 Thistle Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 January 1966. Tenement. 3 related planning applications.
51-55 Thistle Street, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- pitched-courtyard-storm
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1966
- Type
- Tenement
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Circa 1775. 3-storey basement and attic, irregular 5-bay tenement with shops at ground, built on ground falling to N (rear). Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. At centre ground, doorway to common stair with internal steps; 3-bay rendered and stone corniced shop to right, with enlarged windows and deep-set door; rendered bay to left with pilastered doorpiece to bar to outer left (incorporates part of ground floor of Nos 59&61 - see separate listing). 2 piend-roofed tripartite dormers, flanking single dormer.
5-storey 4-bay rear elevation partly built out at basement and ground.
Timber sash and case 12-pane windows; plate glass to shops. Ashlar coped skews; rebuilt stone stacks; grey slates.
INTERIOR: not seen 1995.
Detailed Attributes
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