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170 Rose Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9515 / 55°57'5"N

Longitude: -3.2039 / 3°12'14"W

OS Eastings: 324916

OS Northings: 673814

OS Grid: NT249738

Mapcode National: GBR 8LG.H1

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.RNHW

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ2W+HC

Entry Name: 170 Rose Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 170 Rose Street and 116-122 (Even Nos) Rose Street South Lane

Listing Date: 28 March 1996

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 369787

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29652

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200369787

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1790; later alterations. 3-storey and mansard attic, 3-bay corner block with public bar at ground. Coursed rubble. At ground, 5-bay plate glass bar with slender Corinthian columns, dentilled cornice, door at centre. Return gable with 3 bays displaced to left and bar to right; common stair door at centre. Irregular broad 2-bay wing to S with commercial premises at ground.

Timber sash and case plate glass and 12-pane windows; modern replacements at 1st floor to front. Ashlar coped skews; stone stacks; grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

The same build as Nos 172-6 (see separate listing). A Group with 172-202 (even nos) Rose Street 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. This is last surviving continuous block in Rose Street.

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