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

1, 2 AND 3 EGLINTON CRESCENT AND 52 PALMERSTON PLACE, INCLUDING RAILINGSLB28728

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Group Category Details
100000019 - see notes
Date Added
27/10/1964
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 23962 73610
Coordinates
323962, 673610

Description

John Chesser; 1875-1880. Basement and 4-storey terraced townhouses; No 1, 4-bay; No 2, 3-bay; No 3, 3-bay. No 3 set at curve of crescent. Ashlar sandstone. String course at 1st and 3rd floors; dentilled cornice and balustraded parapet at roof.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: single windows at basement of all houses. Entrance door in 2nd bay from right at No 1; single windows in 2 bays to left; 3 windows above with segmental pediments and balustrading; window above door has cantilevered balcony; single windows resting on brackets above; single windows at 3rd floor; 2-storey canted bay with balustrading in right bay; tripartite lights above at 3rd and 4th floors. Same pattern at No 2 but only 3-bays; 2-leaf entrance door with wrought-iron decorative grilles over fanlight and side-lights. No 3: central door with single window to right; single windows above with segmental pediments and balustrading; central window at 1st floor has balcony; single windows resting on brackets above at 3rd and 2nd floor; single windows above; single storey bow with balustrading at ground floor to left; canted bay with balustrading above at 1st floor; tripartite windows at 2nd and 3rd floors.

W ELEVATION: adjoining properties.

N ELEVATION: not seen 2001.

52 PALMERSTON PLACE (E elevation): central door with segmental fanlight recessed in architrave frame; single windows above; 3-storey canted bay to right; cast-iron balustrade crowning; bipartite window at 3rd floor; bipartite light in left bay at ground floor; same above in architrave frame; bipartite windows above at 2nd and 3rd floors.

2-pane timber sash and case windows. Concealed roof; coped mutual stacks; wallhead stacks to Nos 1 Eglinton Crescent and 53 Palmerston Place.

RAILINGS: spiked railings to street (set in coping) and to ashlar steps and entrance platts; plain railings to steps down to basement.

Statement of Special Interest

Part of New Town A-Group. A handsome trio of houses providing a regal entrance to the crescent. John Chesser was the Superintendent of Works to George Heriot's Hospital between 1858 and 1889. During his term of office large quantities of Heriot's land were feued, including land in the W of Edinburgh. Chesser was responsible for preparing ground and elevation plans for the new buildings. Opulent interiors were designed for many of the houses.

References

Bibliography

OBITUARY - MR JOHN CHESSER in THE BUILDER, February 20, 1892, p146; J Gifford, C McWilliam, D Walker EDINBURGH - THE BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND (1984), p373.

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.

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