Description

James Hill, 1788-94 with later alterations. 3, 3-storey and attic, 3-bay classical former houses with mirrored pair to E (Nos 5 and 7) slightly stepped up. Droved cream ashlar sandstone with polished dressings (stonecleaned). Smaller windows with cill course at ground; eaves course. Broad tripartite architraved doorpieces with fluted frieze and mutuled cornice to W bay and inner bays of pair; flush-panelled doors, blocked as window to No 9. Nos 7 and 9 with matching early 20th century mansard roofs, each with 3 pedimented timber dormers; bipartite piend-roofed dormer to No 5.

Irregular coursed rubble 2-bay rear elevations with tripartite windows at 1st floor; 4-storey piend-roofed projecting stair tower to No 9, later rendered projecting bay to No 7.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews; stone stacks, rendered to W; grey slates.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

James Hill was a mason who built the street with finance from Robert Belshes of Greenyeards. A match for, and partly the same build as,

Nos 1-15. Listed at Category A, despite the regrettable mansard, as a significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17569651

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)