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24 India Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9557 / 55°57'20"N

Longitude: -3.2061 / 3°12'21"W

OS Eastings: 324790

OS Northings: 674282

OS Grid: NT247742

Mapcode National: GBR 8LD.2K

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QKHP

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ4V+7H

Entry Name: 24 India Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 20-24 (Even Nos) India Street, Including Railings and Lamps

Listing Date: 3 October 1967

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 368420

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29136

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200368420

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

William and Lewis A Wallace, 1819-23. 4-storey and basement, 9-bay classical tenement in terraced site. Tooled sandstone ashlar; channelled polished ashlar at principal floor. Cill course at 1st and 2nd floors; band course at principal and 1st floor; cornice at 2nd floor; blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: recessed doorpieces, comprising common stair door at centre and doors in 3rd bays from outer left and right; flush-panelled doors with rectangular fanlights. Windows in recesses in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above, architraved windows with cornices at 1st floor. Flagged basement area, with coped rubble retaining walls; predominantly vertically boarded timber doors to cellars.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Harled ridge stacks with broached ashlar dressings, large rubble gablehead stacks with broached ashlar dressings; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.

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

RAILINGS AND LAMPS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lis balusters and pineapple finials. Cast-iron railing-mounted lamps with glass globes.

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.

The architect William Wallace lived at 22 India Street.

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