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Latitude: 55.9563 / 55°57'22"N
Longitude: -3.1917 / 3°11'30"W
OS Eastings: 325688
OS Northings: 674335
OS Grid: NT256743
Mapcode National: GBR 8ND.ZB
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.YK96
Plus Code: 9C7RXR45+G8
Entry Name: 16 York Place, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 16 York Place, Including Railings
Listing Date: 14 September 1966
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 370712
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29981
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200370712
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Terrace house
Later 18th century. 3-storey, attic and basement, 3-bay terraced classical house. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Base course; band course between basement and principal floor; frieze at impost level at principal floor; cill course at 1st floor; mutuled cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Architraved windows at 1st and 2nd floors. Ashlar steps and entrance platt oversailing basement.
S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorway in bay to left at principal floor, comprising 6-panel timber door surmounted by plate glass semicircular fanlight; windows in round-arched recesses in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above and basement. Flagged basement area.
W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (14 York Place).
E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (18 York Place).
N (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1998.
12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Modern sky lights. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge stacks; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.
INTERIORS: not seen, 1998.
RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed and urn finial.
Part of the Edinburgh New Town A Group, a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. Feuing in York Place began in 1793, after Lord Alva sold land to the north east of St Andrew Square to the city.
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