Edinburgh Dental Hospital And School, 30-31 Chambers Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 April 1977. Institutional building. 4 related planning applications.

Edinburgh Dental Hospital And School, 30-31 Chambers Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 April 1977
Type
Institutional building
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

John Begg and/or Alexander Lorne Campbell, 1925-7 (alterations by Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and Paul, 1953 - see Notes). 4-storey, 7 bay, former institutional building with Renaissance treatment with rusticated ground floor and dentiled cornice continuous with that of the earlier corner building at No 32 Chamber Street (see separate listing). Sandstone ashlar with raised and moulded dressings to 1st floor. Base course rising to ground floor cill level; projecting moulded and dentiled cornice at 2nd floor with frieze below and blocking course above. 3-bay pilastered entrance to centre with panel above inscribed 'The Edinburgh Dental Hospital And School'. Recessed panels above. Ionic end pilasters at 1st and 2nd floors with obelisk finials, as at No 32. Channelled dressings to windows at 3rd bay with sculptured armorial panel between 1st and 2nd floor; 3rd floor treated as attic with recessed, multi-paned, canted bays. Returns at E to 2-window gable with raised wallhead stack and further stack to right.

INTERIOR: extensively refurbished for use as commercial premises.

Predominantly multi-pane glazing to timber sash and case windows. Grey Scottish Slate. Coped ashlar skews and stacks. Clay cans. Recessed cast-iron rainwater goods.

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