Morocco Land, 265-267 Canongate, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Tenement. 1 related planning application.

Morocco Land, 265-267 Canongate, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
north-cellar-bone
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
Type
Tenement
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Late 17th/early 18th century, rebuilt Robert Hurd, 1956-7. 4-storey and attic 4-bay tenement with shop to ground floor; central wallhead gable with apex stack and flanking dormers; central segmental-arched pend to right. Random rubble with polished dressings, ashlar to ground floor. String course between ground and 1st floors. Regularly fenestrated; raised margins, chamfered openings and relieving arches to windows. Earlier carved effigy (see Notes) to left between 1st and 2nd floors. 6-storey 4-bay rendered block to rear; projecting 2-bay stair tower and further 2-storey section.

Timber sash and case lying-pane glazing (4-pane upper sashes, 6-pane lower) to front; tilt and pivot metal-framed glazing to rear. Plate glass to shop front. Pitched grey slate roof; slated dormer cheeks; coped skewtable. Coped end stacks with clay cans.

Detailed Attributes

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