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2 and 4 Hill Street

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9533 / 55°57'11"N

Longitude: -3.2028 / 3°12'9"W

OS Eastings: 324993

OS Northings: 674014

OS Grid: NT249740

Mapcode National: GBR 8LF.RD

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.SM2H

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ3W+8V

Entry Name: 2 and 4 Hill Street

Listing Date: 3 March 1966

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 368304

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29083

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200368304

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

James Hill, 1788-94. Mirrored pair of 3-storey and attic, 3-bay classical former houses on ground falling to N (front). Droved cream ashlar with polished dressings. Cill course at ground; eaves course. Architraved corniced doorpieces with fluted friezes to inner bays; plate glass fanlights; deep-set doors, flush-panelled to No 4. No 2 with blind window at centre 2nd floor and pair of piend-roofed dormers. No 4 with mansard with 3 dormers.

Irregular coursed rubble gable with windows to left, and later bay to S. 2-storey and attic 2-bay rear elevation with projecting bay to right.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows; plate glass at ground and 1st floor of No 2. Ashlar coped skews; stone stacks; grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

James Hill was a mason who built the street with finance from Robert Belshes of Greenyeards. No 4 retains a notable quantity of crown glass at 1st floor. Listed at Category A, despite the regrettable mansard, as a significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

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