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Napier House, 27 Thistle Street, Edinburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9542 / 55°57'15"N

Longitude: -3.1986 / 3°11'54"W

OS Eastings: 325257

OS Northings: 674117

OS Grid: NT252741

Mapcode National: GBR 8MF.L1

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.VL1R

Plus Code: 9C7RXR32+MH

Entry Name: Napier House, 27 Thistle Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 27 Thistle Street, Napier House

Listing Date: 28 March 1996

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389819

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43355

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200389819

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Early 20th century; refurbished circa 1995. 3-storey on raised basement and mansard attic office on corner site, with canted 5-storey tower at corner. Coursed bull-faced cream sandstone ashlar with polished red sandstone dressings. Ashlar tower with plain door, oval oculi at ground, cill courses and pavilion roof with weathervane finial. 4-bay Thistle Street elevation with base course incorporating basement windows, corniced dormers with diminutive alternating pediments. Irregular 2-bay return elevation. Dressed rubble 5-bay rear elevation with garages inserted to basement, plain dormers.

Timber sash and case 8-pane windows, 3-pane at ground. Ashlar coped skews; grey slates; ashlar stacks.

INTERIOR: refurbished open plan offices.

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