Description

Robert Morrison, designed 1807, executed 1819. 3-storey and basement, 3-bay terraced tenement. Broached ashlar sandstone. Cill course at 1st floor; advanced cills at 2nd floor windows; cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Steps and entrance platt.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 3-bay front at principal floor, corniced with consoles, comprising 6-panel door at right (No 30), plate glass rectangular fanlight; 2-bay shop front at left, with 2-leaf timber door, plate glass rectangular fanlight, at outer left, plate glass window at centre. Regular fenestration to floors above, with architraved and corniced windows at 1st floor.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (Nos 32-38 Howe Street).

S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (No 24 Howe Street).

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Polygonal piended dormer at left. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS: cast-iron railings with decorative balusters and finials flanking steps to No 30, and to outer left of entrance platt at No 28.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Second New Town A Group, a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. Nos 24, 26, 28 and 30 Howe Street (see separate listings) were originally a symmetrical group of 3 houses, with the centre house slightly advanced and pedimented.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17809812

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