26 Blacket Place, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Villa. 2 related planning applications.
26 Blacket Place, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- calm-pediment-swallow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1970
- Type
- Villa
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Earlier 19th century, before 1833. 2-storey 5-bay rectangular-plan classical villa with recessed 2-storey wings projecting to rear. Polished sandstone ashlar, rusticated ground floor; rubble to sides and rear. Base course; dividing band course; cornice; blocking course; windows to 1st floor architraved (except bay).
SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 2 central bays advanced; paired doorcases with Ionic columns support scored corniced entablature which forms balcony to 2 central bays of 1st floor; 4-panelled timber entrance doors (that to No 28 has 2 glass panels) with plate glass fanlights; single windows to 1st floor above and to both floors of bays to right; 20th century bay window projects to left of central bays. One-storey wings linking with Nos 24 and 30 contain, respectively, a garage door and a square entrance to a recessed garage.
4-pane timber sash and case windows to No 26; 2-pane timber sash and case windows to No 28. Grey slate piended roof; coped wallhead stacks. Delicate cast-iron balustrade, divided at centre, to balcony.
INTERIOR: not seen 1996.
BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped boundary wall to street with bootscraper; low coped mutual boundary walls to SE and NW.
Detailed Attributes
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