176-180 Canongate, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 October 1998. Tenement. 6 related planning applications.
176-180 Canongate, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- endless-rubble-twilight
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1998
- Type
- Tenement
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
- (Reconstructed, 1955, Gordon and Dey, see Notes). 4-storey, 10-bay rectangular-plan tenement block with armorial panel above large basket-arched pend to right of centre. Random rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings. Corniced eaves course. Architraved windows with long and short margins. Bays 3-7 from left united by single architrave to 1st and 2nd floor windows with ashlar panels between and scrolled open pediments in relief. Wider set fenestration to bays above and to right of pend. Rear courtyard (S) elevation: 3-bay with full-height turn-pike stair tower to left. Later, bipartite window at each floor to right. Canted bay to outer right.
INTERIOR: extensively modernised (1956) to provide accommodation and facilities for Moray House Institute of Education including classrooms, staff studies and proscenium theatre (seen at resurvey - 2007).
Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Scottish slate. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
Detailed Attributes
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.