Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

47 AND 49 QUEEN CHARLOTTE STREET AND RAILINGSLB27861

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
14/12/1970
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 27293 76236
Coordinates
327293, 676236

Description

Circa 1825. 2-storey and basement, 5-bay town house with classical details and pend to outer right. Grey sandstone, stugged ashlar front with polished dressings, coursed and squared rubble to rear. Band course above basement; architraved windows (corniced at ground floor); dentilled eaves cornice with blocking course.

S (FRONT) ELEVATION: architraved, consoled and corniced doorway accessed by steps oversailing basement at centre, panelled door and rectangular plate glass fanlight; single windows at 1st floor above. Single windows to bays flanking centre and to outer right. Secondary doorway (probably later insertion) to outer left bay with steps as above, panelled door and rectangular plate glass fanlight; single window at 1st floor above. Low cobbled pend to outer right bays at basement level; 2 modern rectangular dormers.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: irregular windows, relieving arch at ground floor to paired windows over pend; nepus gable with slate-hung sides to centre with single window and apex stack.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Slate roof; corniced mutual stacks, apex stack (see above).

INTERIOR: not seen 1993.

RAILINGS: low boundary wall to front with flat coping and railings to steps.

References

Bibliography

Shown on Thomson?s ?Plan of Leith and Environs? 1827.

About Listed Buildings

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We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

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