Greyfriars Hostel, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 Cowgate, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Tenement, hostel. 1 related planning application.
Greyfriars Hostel, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 Cowgate, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- bitter-wall-moss
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1970
- Type
- Tenement, hostel
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Ebenezer J McRae, 1930. 5 storey and attic 12-bay tenement/hostel, angled to street. Rough-cut ashlar to ground, rubble above, with polished dressings. Cill band to ground floor, dividing band between ground and 1st floors. 5-bay block to left: door to left and opening to stair to right in roll moulded surrounds; regularly fenestrated; narrow windows in outer right bay; 2 2-window wallhead nepus gables. 3-bay block to centre and 4-bay block to right: regularly fenestrated; narrow windows in outer bays in block to right; 2 piend-roofed dormers to each block; door in shoulder-arched surround to outer right.
12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; modern glazing to ground. Grey slates. Corniced end stacks with circular cans.
Detailed Attributes
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