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6, 7, 8 Marchmont Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Morningside, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9383 / 55°56'17"N

Longitude: -3.2001 / 3°12'0"W

OS Eastings: 325129

OS Northings: 672339

OS Grid: NT251723

Mapcode National: GBR 8ML.8S

Mapcode Global: WH6SS.T09H

Plus Code: 9C7RWQQX+8X

Entry Name: 6, 7, 8 Marchmont Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 6-8 (Inclusive Nos) Marchmont Street

Listing Date: 19 March 1993

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371611

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30572

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200371611

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Morningside

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Alexander MacNaughton, 1882. 4-storey, 5-bay tenement with Jacobean details, forming part of terrace; stone-cleaned. Coursed orange sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Base course; string course above ground floor and at 2nd floor; raised window surrounds; chamfered reveals; roll-moulded doorways; panelled doors; plate glass fanlights.

W ENTRANCE elevation: shouldered doorway at centre with pilasters and strapwork carving in open pediment, flanked by single windows; single windows above; semi-circular dormerhead. Doorways in 2nd and 4th bays; single windows above; pedimented dormerhead in 2nd bay; semicircular dormerhead in 4th bay. Full-height canted windows corbelled to square at gableheads in outer bays; corniced slit window in gablehead to outer left; string course over slit window in mannered gablehead to outer right. Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; corniced wallhead stack with blank diamond panel inset; coped mutual stacks.

Statement of Interest

Designed for James Miller, builder.

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