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Edinburgh, 1 York Place

Tenement (19th Century), Terrace (19th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, 1 York Place

Classification Tenement (19th Century), Terrace (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) North St Andrew Street

Canmore ID 137981

Site Number NT27SE 3484

NGR NT 25635 74272

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Architecture Notes

NT27SE 3484 25635 74272

REFERENCE:

Edinburgh, York Place.

Sources: Dean of Guild. Bundle 1810. July-December. 23.8.1810.

Pet. Robert Hill, W.S.

No.1 York Place.

Application to make alterations to interior.

No plans enclosed.

Activities

Publication Account (1951)

133. St. Andrew Street.

St. Andrew Street, dating from 1770 or 1771, possesses no features of special interest. None of the original buildings survives unaltered, their lower parts, in every case, having been converted into shops. In South St. Andrew Street there remain Numbers 11-13 and Number 23, the first built of rubble with projecting quoins and dressings, the second of droved ashlar also with projecting quoins. These are decidedly superior to the buildings in North St. Andrew Street, Numbers 6-7, 10 and 13; but the block at the corner of York Place, Numbers 16-19 North St. Andrew Street and Number 3 York Place is probably the best in the street. Although the site of this corner building was feued in 1775, the existing building may not be quite so early as that. The building is faced with polished ashlar and its salient corner is rounded. The back is irregular in shape. There are four floors above the basement and the accommodation originally consisted of main door houses and flats. The central flat upon the top floor has an admirably proportioned circular room looking seawards. The lower floors are exceptionally well lit as the outer walls contain no fewer than four windows to the N., seven to the W., seven in the round and six to the S. The piers between the voids are no wider than pilasters, and presumably some form of frame construction has been used. Cornices return round the building above the windows on the street floor and first floor; there is another cornice at the wall-head. The second-floor windows have moulded architraves.

RCAHMS 1951, visited c.1941

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