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2 Greenhill Gardens, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Morningside, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9363 / 55°56'10"N

Longitude: -3.205 / 3°12'18"W

OS Eastings: 324819

OS Northings: 672130

OS Grid: NT248721

Mapcode National: GBR 8LM.8H

Mapcode Global: WH6SS.Q1ZZ

Plus Code: 9C7RWQPV+GX

Entry Name: 2 Greenhill Gardens, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 2 Greenhill Gardens Incl Gatepiers & Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 12 December 1974

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371514

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30511

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200371514

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Morningside

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1855. 2-storey, irregular-plan villa. Snecked and stugged cream ashlar; stone cleaned. Base course; dividing band course; overhanging eaves; raised lugged window surrounds.

W (GREENHILL GARDENS) elevation: 3-bay with recessed addition to outer right. Unfortunate sun porch added to front of original porch in return to centre bay; square pier supporting cornice and stone balustraded parapet; gabletted single window at 1st floor above. Advanced full-height canted window swept to eaves in bay to outer left; carved consoles to stone balcony; deorative iron balustrade. Single windows in 3rd bay; 1st floor window gabletted. Recessed piend-roofed addition to outer right; garage at ground; single window above.

N elevation: 2-bay. Advanced full-height canted window swept to eaves in bay to outer right; carved consoles to stone balcony; decorative iron balustrade. Single windows in bay to outer left; 1st floor window gabletted.

E elevation: M-gabled with advanced service wing to outer left. Round-arched margin-paned stairwindow. Single windows at ground to right return of service wing; single window above breaking eaves in pedimented dormerhead. Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate gabled roof; corniced gablehead stacks to S and E; tall moulded octagonal cans. INTERIOR not seen 1991.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: corniced ashlar gatepiers to Greenhill Gardens; one inscribed; pedestrian gateway through slapping; high coped rubble boundary and mutual walls.

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