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31, 32, 33, 34 Argyle Place, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Morningside, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9391 / 55°56'20"N

Longitude: -3.1917 / 3°11'30"W

OS Eastings: 325654

OS Northings: 672421

OS Grid: NT256724

Mapcode National: GBR 8NL.ZH

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.YZ9F

Plus Code: 9C7RWRQ5+J8

Entry Name: 31, 32, 33, 34 Argyle Place, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 1-3 (Odd Nos) Roseneath Terrace and 31-34 (Inclusive Nos) Argyle Place

Listing Date: 15 September 1992

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371434

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30465

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200371434

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Morningside

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1875. 4-storey with attic. Baronial corner tenement block with shops at ground. Squared, and snecked sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Cornice above shops; corbel table at 3rd floor, extended down to 2nd floor for 2 bays on both main elevations; crowstepped gables; eaves cornice; long and short quoins; chamfered reveals.

S (ROSENEATH TERRACE) ELEVATION: advanced altered shopfronts at ground floor with segmental-arched openings and lintel foliate cornice. 4-bay under 2 gables; near-blank bay (with round-arched window at attic) to outer right; bipartite windows in bay outer left, in corbelled panel at 3rd floor with cornice and finialled French pavilion roof; single windows regularly disposed in remaining bays.

E (ARGYLE PLACE) ELEVATION: altered shopfronts at ground floor with segmental-arched openings and original cast-iron capitals encased. 5-bay with 6th recessed bowed corner bay above shops to left. Bipartite windows to corner bay; deep cornice and conical roof with round-arched gable dormer. Bipartite windows in bay to inner right, 3rd floor window breakig eaves in crowstepped dormerhead. Single windows in remaining bays; round-arched window in gablehead to outer left; 3rd floor windows at 3rd and 5th bays breaking eaves in finialled pedimented dormerheads.

4-pane sashs and case glazing. Grey slate roof; lead flashing, corniced wallhead, gablehead and mutual stacks; moulded cans, some original rainwater goods.

INTERIORS (SHOPS): elaborate decorative plasterwork; capitalled cast-iron columns. Tenements not seen (1990).

Low saddleback wall with cast iron railings to Roseneath Terrace.

Statement of Interest

Forms continuous irregular terrace with 35-43 (inc) Argyle Place, 1-5 (inc) Argyle Park Terrace and 5-15 (odd) Roseneath Terrace.

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