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Sovereign House, 12 Young Street, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9528 / 55°57'10"N

Longitude: -3.205 / 3°12'18"W

OS Eastings: 324850

OS Northings: 673967

OS Grid: NT248739

Mapcode National: GBR 8LF.8K

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QMZV

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ3V+4X

Entry Name: Sovereign House, 12 Young Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 10 and 12 Young Street, Sovereign House

Listing Date: 29 March 1996

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 370741

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30006

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200370741

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Alan Reiach, Eric Hall & Partners, 1970. 2-storey and mansard attic 14-bay modern office treated as 4 houses. Droved cream sandstone cladding. Bays displaced 4-3-3-4; centre doors false.

Brick rear elevation oversailing open garaging.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows. Mansard roof; grey slates.

INTERIOR: modern open plan offices.

Statement of Interest

The site was feued to the builder Young in 1779, and became officially known as Young Street in 1806. This site was occupied by the Unitarian Church from 1823, and acquired with Nos 12-20 by St George?s School in 1834. It had become derelict by 1970, and was demolished and rebuilt in Young?s idiom. A Group with Nos 8-22 (even nos) Young Street as part of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

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