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

4 ESSEX ROAD, ALMONDALE, INCLUDING GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLSLB30298

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
23/07/1993
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 18337 75759
Coordinates
318337, 675759

Description

Circa 1935. 2-storey, 7-bay near symmetrical H-plan small mansion in Scots late Stuart style with advanced single bays to outer left and right; conical-capped semi-circular bays flanking entry. Rake-jointed bull-faced yellow sandstone; relieving arches to ground floor windows; polished yellow sandstone doorpiece; 1st floor windows hard under eaves; deep cornice; swept overhanging eaves.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 7-bay with pavilions to outer left and right. Architraved doorpiece at centre with scrolled pediment; timber panelled door. Flanking single windows to left and right of entry; architraved surrounds; chamfered cill; single window at 1st floor above. Single windows at both floors in bay to left of entry; stair window in bay to right. Semi-circular bays with conical roofs across internal angles of returns; architraved single windows at both floors. Single windows at ground and 1st floor advanced pavilions in bays to outer left and right.

S (GARDEN) ELEVATION: 6-bay; near symmetrical. Single windows to both floors in central bays. Advanced single storey arcaded loggias (now glazed) in bays to outer left and right; square stone balcony rails above; 1st floor doorway to balcony in bay to outer left.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: 1st arcade of loggia blocked to outer left; 2nd arcade glazed; single windows in remaining bays.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Piended grey slate roof; tripartite box dormers to S. Shouldered and corniced coursed sandstone ridgestacks to E and W; cans missing.

INTERIOR: plain cornices; oak panelled drawing room; Tudor-arched fireplace; decorative plaster wall motifs.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: ogival caps to piers situated at access from public road (further pair of more recent piers in similar style at new access to house). High coped boundary walls. Later flat-roofed rendered double garage to E of house.

Statement of Special Interest

Despite the loss of land to the front and sides (sold for development), the house itself remains relatively unchanged.

References

Bibliography

Does not appear on FIRTH OF FORTH FISHERROW TO PORT EDGAR CHART, 1920; appears on Ordnance Survey map, 1957; Gifford, McWilliam and Walker, EDINBURGH (1984) p552.

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.

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