Description

Later 18th century. 3-storey, attic and basement, 5-bay terraced classical house. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor; rock-faced rustication at basement. Base course; band courses between basement and principal floor, principal and 1st floor; cill courses at 1st and 2nd floors; dentilled cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorway centred at principal floor, comprising 9-panel timber door with radial semicircular fanlight; windows in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above and basement. Flagged basement area.

W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (38 and 38A York Place).

E (YORK LANE) ELEVATION: 3-bay gable, with slightly advanced left half. Predominantly stugged and squared rubble; broached ashlar at 1st floor; long and short quoins. Forestair with ashlar-parapetted landing from York Place to panelled timber door with 3-pane rectangular fanlight, to left of centre between principal and 1st floor; bipartite window to right of centre. Windows to left and right of centre between 1st and 2nd floor. Round-arched windows to left of centre at 2nd floor; window to right of centre at 2nd floor. Window to outer left at attic.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1998.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Pair of slate-hung box dormers. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge and gablehead stacks; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1998.

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

BOUNDARY WALL: random and coursed rubble wall, coped, and stepped down to N, surmounted by forestair parapet to left. Infilled pedestrian wall to right; modern vertically-boarded timber door in pedestrian gate with concrete lintel; pair of modern garage doors with concrete lintel, to outer right.

Statement of Interest

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 began in York Place in 1793, after Lord Alva sold land to the north east of St Andrew Square to the city.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17569300

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