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

1 WEST HARBOUR ROAD, FORMER BONDED WAREHOUSELB29924

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Group Category Details
100000020 - see notes
Date Added
20/02/1985
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 23649 77136
Coordinates
323649, 677136

Description

Circa 1845 with later additions. 2-storey, 9-bay, symmetrical warehouse with classical detailing (including pediments above loading bays). Coursed stugged sandstone (less finely coursed to S and W) with droved ashlar dressings; red brick additions. Segmental-arched openings (except to brick additions); droved reveals to main section; stone sills throughout; iron bars to ground floor windows and some 1st floor windows.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central pedimented loading bay; divided by 2 bays from pedimented loading bays to either side; single outer bays. Full-height loading bays of droved ashlar; moulded cornices to pediments; cast-iron hoists with lion?s head masks at apex and cast iron swivel hoists to left side of 1st floor; boarded timber doors to each floor.

W ELEVATION: pedimented 2-storey lower height single bay brick extension to right (contemporary with or built shortly after main block); single storey curved infill section (probably late 19th century) with conical roof to left; 2 windows with stone lintels. Blank coped gable end to main section behind.

E ELEVATION: 3 bays; pedimented gable with blocked oculus at centre and broken base with ?BONDED WAREHOUSES? in black painted letters on cream band across. Adjoins 1 Granton Square (see separate list entry) at right angles to left.

S ELEVATION: loading bays disposed as at N elevation; single storey brick extension (late 19th century) to left of centre; 20th century extension to loading bay to right.

Grey slate roofs (corrugated iron to extensions to S). Single coped stone wallhead stack to far left of N elevation. Mainly 42-pane vertically-hung casements.

INTERIOR: king post roof; timber floors supported on timber columns; stone flags to ground floor.

Statement of Special Interest

A finely constructed warehouse built for the Duke of Buccleuch as part of the early developments around the new Granton Harbour.

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) p608.

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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