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16 India Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9554 / 55°57'19"N

Longitude: -3.206 / 3°12'21"W

OS Eastings: 324796

OS Northings: 674249

OS Grid: NT247742

Mapcode National: GBR 8LD.2N

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QKJX

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ4V+4J

Entry Name: 16 India Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 16 India Street, Including Railings

Listing Date: 3 October 1967

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 368417

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29134

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200368417

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

William and Lewis Wallace, 1819-23. 3-storey and basement, 3-bay tenement in terraced site. Polished sandstone ashlar; polished V-jointed rustication at principal floor; rock-faced rustication at basement. Cill course at 1st and 2nd floors; band course at principal and 1st floors; cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorpiece in bay to left, comprising flush-panelled door with plate glass fanlight. Windows in bays to right; regular fenestration to floors above. Flagged basement area, with coped rubble retaining walls; vertically boarded timber doors to cellars.

Plate glass windows at principal floor, 12-pane timber sash and case windows to floors above. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble gablehead stacks with broached ashlar dressings; coped with circular cans. Coped skews.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed balusters and urn railings.

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.

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