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68 Hanover Street, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9537 / 55°57'13"N

Longitude: -3.1978 / 3°11'51"W

OS Eastings: 325307

OS Northings: 674058

OS Grid: NT253740

Mapcode National: GBR 8MF.R7

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.VMF5

Plus Code: 9C7RXR32+FV

Entry Name: 68 Hanover Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 68-82 (Even Nos) Hanover Street, Incorporating Hobart House (No 80)

Listing Date: 24 March 1966

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 368106

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29009

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200368106

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Covell Matthews Partnership, 1975. 4-storey, 12-bay classical office development. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. Pilastraded at ground; eaves cornice and blocking course. 3 distinct 4-bay blocks; pair to S identical and at same level, with cill course to shorter 3rd floor, and rooflights; N block also at same level (built up at ground) but a storey lower, with 4 piend-roofed dormers continuing 3rd storey of adjoining blocks.

Timbers sash and case 12-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews; droved ashlar stacks; grey slates.

INTERIOR: modern office interiors, interconnecting with blocks to N and S.

Statement of Interest

These buildings replace 4 stepped blocks, and the whole development incorporates the original corner blocks to N and S, and Nos 22 - 24 Thistle Street (see separate listings). The specific detailing, and more particularly the windows on a line, betray its date. Retained on the List for its value within the A Group with Nos 62-66 and 84-90 (even nos) Hanover Street as part of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

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