Documents

There are no additional online documents for this record.

Summary

Description

1868-82. Freestanding stepped terrace with access to flats from both sides and shops at Dalry Road; divided into 9 blocks of 3 or 4 storeys. Squared, snecked and stugged sandstone with raised ashlar dressings.

NOS 51-55 DALRY ROAD AND NO 1 RICHMOND TERRACE:

E ELEVATION: 4-storey 3-bay, regular fenestration, bipartite windows to central bay, long and short quoins. 2 shops at ground; cill course at 1st floor, raised bracketed cills at 2nd floor, crenellated corbel course at 3rd floor. 3rd floor with gableheaded windows breaking eaves, central one with finial and blind plaque.

N AND S ELEVATIONS: 2-bay gabled returns to N and S as above. Single bay return, with window at ground only, to recessed 4-storey 2-bay block which begins Richmond Terrace; squared snecked and stugged sandstone, raised dressings to first 3 storeys, 3rd floor with gableheaded windows breaking eaves. To N bay to right has panelled door with rectangular fanlight at ground giving access to tenement stair.

RICHMOND TERRACE NOS 3-5 ODD, AND 2-8 EVEN: 2 identical 3-storey blocks, with regular fenestration and cill course to 2nd floor; each with pair of lower villas at ground entered from S, and 2 apartment floors above with common stair entered from N. Panelled doors with rectangular fanlights.

N ELEVATION: 5-bay. Door to centre bay at ground.

S ELEVATION: 4-bay. Outer bays with door at ground; inner left bay with canted windows to all floors.

NOS 7-11 ODD, AND 10-20 EVEN: 3 identical 3-storey blocks as above except N elevation has central bay with keystoned round-headed window at 3rd floor and gablehead stack.

NOS 13,22,24: single 4-storey block detailed as above but with an added storey.

NOS 17 AND 26: wider 4-storey 3-bay end block; cill course to 2nd floor; panelled doors with rectangular fanlight. No 26 a lower villa, No 17 the tenement.

N ELEVATION: 3-bay, regular fenestration; E bay with bipartite windows.

S ELEVATION: as above, with door to central bay at ground.

E ELEVATION: squared and snecked bull-nosed masonry. Door at centre, closely flanked by narrow single windows. Pair of similar windows at centre of each floor above.

Originally 4-pane timber sash and case windows, many replacements, mostly to plate glass, some unfortunate.

Grey slates; plain stacks (several rebuilt) and ashlar coped skews; cast-iron gutters.

Low garden walls to N and S elevations of squared and stugged sandstone with saddleback coping; various railings, some original cast-iron.

Statement of Special Interest

Almost certainly built by the Edinburgh Co-operative Building Company who built the neighbouring Dalry Terraces (see separate listing) at the same date. It is a unique example of a development of lower villas entered from the S, and upper tenement floors, with two flats to each floor, accessed by common stairs from the N. It is therefore of special interest, given its proximity to the Dalry Terraces.

The block containing Nos 5, 6 and 8 has been stone cleaned.

References

Bibliography

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.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

If part of a building is not listed, it will say that it is excluded in the statutory address and in the statement of special interest in the listed building record. The statement will use the word 'excluding' and quote the relevant section of the 1997 Act. Some earlier listed building records may use the word 'excluding', but if the Act is not quoted, the record has not been revised to reflect subsequent legislation.

Listed building consent is required for changes to a listed building which affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest. The relevant planning authority is the point of contact for applications for listed building consent.

Find out more about listing and our other designations at www.historicenvironment.scot/advice-and-support. You can contact us on 0131 668 8914 or at designations@hes.scot.