Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

40-44 Bruntsfield Gardens and 8 Forbes Road, EdinburghLB26835

Status: Designated

Documents

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
30/03/1993
Last Date Amended
17/07/2015
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 24648 71993
Coordinates
324648, 671993

Description

James Miller, builder, 1936-39. 4-storey modern Art Deco corner tenement with vertical accent on stair wells, alternating advanced and recessed bays and chamfered corner. Brick-built with facing of artificial stone and cement render. Ground floor of artificial stone with tall base course; banded string course above ground floor; curved corner windows to advanced bays; stair wells of artificial stone breaking eaves in parapet with parallel tall narrow strip windows; 2-leaf panelled doors with small glass panes with Art Deco ironmongery, to common stairs flanked by pedestals.

E (FORBES ROAD) ELEVATION: 4-bay and 3 corner bays with windows to each bay and floor; advanced corner bays to outer right with chamfered central bay of artificial stone breaking eaves in parapet with windows with stylised aprons set in recessed panel, parapeted canopy to ground floor window. To left stairwell flanked by recessed bays; advanced bay to outer left.

N (BRUNTSFIELD GARDENS) ELEVATION: 6-bay (excluding corner bays); stair well to right of centre. 1st, 3rd and 5th bay from left recessed. 2nd bay of artificial stone breaking eaves in parapet with paired windows with stylised aprons set in recessed panel, canopy above ground floor. Stair well to 4th bay. Advanced bay to outer right.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: rendered; single windows with curved corner windows to outer right.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: rendered; single windows and recessed balconies.

Metal frame windows with horizontal glazing bars (circa 50% uPVC replacement windows of matching pattern). Slate roof; mutual rendered stacks with coping of artificial stone.

INTERIOR: not seen 1992.

Low stepped wall of artificial stone with cast-iron gates and railings.

Statement of Special Interest

Modern interpretation of the tenement form. Similar vertical emphasis through the stair wells can be found at Stewart Kaye's 1938 tenements at Learmonth Gardens, Edinburgh. Kaye also designed Learmonth Court (1936) for the builder James Miller, he could also have been involved in the design of the above flats.

Statutory address updated (2015). Previously listed as '40-44 Bruntsfield Gardens and 8 Forbes Road'.

References

Bibliography

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore.html CANMORE ID 147616

Dean of Guild 31/12/1936.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

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Images

Northeast elevation, 40-44 Bruntsfield Gardens and 8 Forbes Road, Edinburgh, taken on clear day.

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