Description

James Nisbet, circa 1790; subsequent alterations; ground floor reinstated by Covell Matthews Partnership, 1978-80. 3-storey basement and attic, 3-bay former classical house. Polished cream sandstone ashlar. Channelled rustication at ground; fluted band course with rosettes supports giant fluted Corinthian pilasters at upper floors, paired at ends, with swagged frieze, cornice and solid parapet; fluted band course above 1st floor (between pilasters). Pair of modern canted piend-roofed dormers.

Full-height bowed bay to rear.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews, stone stacks; grey slates.

INTERIOR: linked with No 113. Very fine interior at upper floors with typical Nisbet plaster detailing (see Queen Street) including curving cantilevered stone stair with straight landings and enriched cupola. Extended into saloon to rear.

RAILINGS: reinstated cast-iron fleur-de-lys railings.

Statement of Interest

Built by the architect James Nisbet for himself, and the grandest surviving original domestic facade on George Street. Ground floor altered by Knox and Hutton, 1883 and recently reinstated as near as possible to the original design. Originally part of a 9-bay block with Nos 117 and 119; end houses pilastered, centre one astylar. Part of the original fabric of Edinburgh's New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. A Group with Nos 109-113 (odd nos) George Street.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17569471

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  For the Record
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)