2 John Street, Portobello, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 March 1989. Terraced house.

2 John Street, Portobello, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 March 1989
Type
Terraced house
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Circa 1855 with later alterations and additions. 2-storey, 7-bay (grouped 3-1-3) terraced houses. Deeply-channelled polished ashlar, at ground floor, droved ashlar at 1st floor; polished ashlar canted window; squared render to NE elevation; squared and snecked rubble to SW elevation. Band course, panelled apron, cill course, cornice and blocking course.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: piended full-height canted window in bay to centre, (property of 4 John Street). Compressed spacing of 3 bays to right. 4-panelled doors in bays flanking centre, with 2-pane rectangular fanlight and window at 1st floor above each. Windows in each bay to each floor.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1994; 2-storey additions to rear of each, in outer bays.

2-pane timber sash and case windows, 4-pane timber sash and case windows in canted window. Grey slate double-hipped roof, flat roof to extension to rear. Ashlar, except to NE, end and mutual stacks.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1994; original shutters in No 2.

BOUNDARY WALLS: roughly droved ashlar with polished ashlar copings, formerly with railings.

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