Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

7 GRANTON SQUARE, THE ANCHORAGELB28931

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
C
Date Added
14/12/1970
Supplementary Information Updated
16/09/1998
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 23754 77079
Coordinates
323754, 677079

Description

Circa 1840. Single storey and basement; small 3-bay, L-plan house with classical details; pediment to right of only exposed elevation . Coursed, stugged sandstone with ashlar dressings; architraved openings and eaves cornice.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: concrete steps up to entrance between 1st and 2nd bays; panelled timber door; flanking windows; window to right with moulded ashlar cornice above; 2-light window to basement below; quoins to right at junction with rear wing.

N, E AND W ELEVATIONS: adjoins former stables at 157 lower Granton Road to N and E and former Granton Hotel to W (see separate list entries).

12-pane timber sash and case windows to ground floor (one altered). Grey slate roof with ashlar ridge stack with moulded cornice to main section; similar wall stack to east of rear wing adjoining stables; round cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not inspected (1997).

Statement of Special Interest

Almost certainly directly associated with former hotel and adjacent stables, all of which were erected for the Duke of Buccleuch at the entrance to his newly-constructed harbour in the late 1830's and 1840's. This building appears on the first edition OS map and was probably constructed shortly after the adjacent hotel. May have originally housed the stablemaster of the adjoining stables.

References

Bibliography

Appears on First Edition ORDNANCE SURVEY map 5ft to 1 mile, surveyed 1852, published 1853; Edinburgh Sheet 4; John Gifford, Colin McWilliam and David Walker EDINBURGH in 'The Buildings of Scotland' series (first published 1984, this edition 1991) p 608.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

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)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

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