Description

Earlier 19th century. 4-storey, 5-bay plain classical tenement. Droved ashlar sandstone. Base course; eaves cornice. Narrow polished ashlar surrounds to windows. Long and short quoins. Regularly fenestrated. Doric-pilastered doorpiece with foliate necking; fluted frieze with rosettes to cornice.

12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows.

Statement of Interest

B group comprises Nos 40 and 46 Lauriston Street. Although these buildings look earlier, they do not appear on maps until 1851.

Individual estates to the west and south of the West Port (originally Portsburgh) began to be developed from the late eighteenth century onwards. Lauriston Street appears laid out on Kincaid's map 1784. The tenement at 40 Lauriston Street is first visible on the Ordnance Survey map of 1851.

Listed building record and statutory address updated (2015). Previously listed as '40 Lauriston Street'.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17793339

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)