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25 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9551 / 55°57'18"N

Longitude: -3.1935 / 3°11'36"W

OS Eastings: 325572

OS Northings: 674206

OS Grid: NT255742

Mapcode National: GBR 8ND.MR

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.XLF3

Plus Code: 9C7RXR44+2H

Entry Name: 25 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 25 St Andrew Square with Railings

Listing Date: 13 April 1965

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 370023

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29702

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200370023

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

William Chambers, 1770-2; facade retention 1964. 3-storey basement and attic, 5-bay classical former house. Render lined out as ashlar; ashlar dressings. Moulded architraves; flanked by channelled pilaster strips. Ionic porch to outer right bay, suporting company eagle. Pair of modern canted timber flat-roofed dormers.

Timber sash and case multi-pane windows. Lead coped mutual skews; dressed stone mutual stacks; grey slates.

Microtiled 3-storey rear elevation.

INTERIOR: modern office; rebuilt 1964.

RAILINGS: plain modern iron railings.

Statement of Interest

Built with nos 23-26 by 'the joint purses of Sir John Whitefoord, Sir Robert Murray and Gilbert Meason'. Chambers designed Meason's house at no 26, so presumably the others as well. A Group with Nos 21-26

St Andrew Square 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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