1-3 Cowgatehead, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 August 1987. Tenement block. 1 related planning application.

1-3 Cowgatehead, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
little-bronze-bittern
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 August 1987
Type
Tenement block
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Edward Calvert, 1871. 4-storey 11-bay tenement block with Scots Baronial details, incorporating earlier fabric; shops (mostly original) at ground floor. Elevation arranged as 3 symmetrical units (bays grouped 3/4/4 from left). Squared and snecked stugged sandstone with ashlar dressings; rubble construction of earlier building to E gable. Chamfered, shoulder-arched openings to ground floor. Tabbed, chamfered, shoulder-arched surrounds to windows. Moulded string course between 2nd and 3rd floors stepping up slope to left. 3rd floor windows breaking eaves with crowstepped dormerheads. Central gables of each block (ie bays 2, 5 and 6, and 9 and 10) corbelled out above 1st floor; carved crests in gableheads; cut-down gablehead stacks.

Some 8-pane and some 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates; crowstepped skews; ridge stacks with circular cans.

Detailed Attributes

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