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

7,7A, 8 AND 8A HOPETOUN CRESCENT AND RAILINGSLB29098

Status: Designated

Documents

There are no additional online documents for this record.

Summary

Category
A
Date Added
25/11/1965
Supplementary Information Updated
10/03/1999
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 26147 74901
Coordinates
326147, 674901

Description

Robert Brown, building 1827. 2-storey with basement and attic 6-bay terraced pair (see notes). Sandstone ashlar (stone cleaned) with rubble to side and rear elevations. Base course, aprons to ground floor windows, continuous decorative iron balcony at 1st floor, tall corniced and architraved windows to 1st floor, eaves band and blocking course, cornices removed ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

SE(PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: architraved door-pieces each to left of 3 bays with fanlights, windows to bays remaining, colonnade of coupled fluted Ionic columns at ground, regular fenestration above, 4 box dormers.

SW (GABLE) ELEVATION: blank gable wall.

NE (GABLE) ELEVATION: blank gable wall.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: 6 bays grouped 2-1-2-1, 4-storey, 3 single storey projections at ground with windows, regularly fenestrated above.

Timber sash and case windows with 12-pane glazing at ground and 15-pane glazing at 1st floor, grey slates, gablehead and ashlar ridge stacks with terracotta cans, skews with moulded skewputts, unusually designed fleur-de-lys and harp cast-iron railings.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

Statement of Special Interest

Originally Hope Crescent. Designed by Brown in 1825 and begun as a speculation by the architect Patrick Wilson, originally to be a complete crescent but in the end only 7, 8, 17, and 18 were built. The EEC declared 'feuing plans of grounds of Leith Walk are now ready for inspection of builders etc. May be seen at Robert Burn (sic) architect, 82 Rose Street.'

References

Bibliography

Register of Sasines. EEC January 8 1825 Gifford, McWilliam and Walker, EDINBURGH, (1988), p430.

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.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

If part of a building is not listed, it will say that it is excluded in the statutory address and in the statement of special interest in the listed building record. The statement will use the word 'excluding' and quote the relevant section of the 1997 Act. Some earlier listed building records may use the word 'excluding', but if the Act is not quoted, the record has not been revised to reflect subsequent legislation.

Listed building consent is required for changes to a listed building which affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest. The relevant planning authority is the point of contact for applications for listed building consent.

Find out more about listing and our other designations at www.historicenvironment.scot/advice-and-support. You can contact us on 0131 668 8914 or at designations@hes.scot.

Images

There are no images available for this record, you may want to check Canmore for images relating to 7,7A, 8 AND 8A HOPETOUN CRESCENT AND RAILINGS

There are no images available for this record.

Search Canmore

Printed: 28/03/2024 23:11