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

30, 32, 34 PALMERSTON PLACE, PALMERSTON COURT, INCLUDING RAILINGSLB29476

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 24044 73510
Coordinates
324044, 673510

Description

Probably John Chesser, 1880-1881. 3-storey with basement and attic almost symmetrical 4-bay rectangular-plan pair of polygonal-roofed canted-bay houses. Polished, channelled sandstone ashlar, with polished dressings; droved at basement. Base course; corniced cill course to 1st floor (dentilled at 2 central bays), breaking forward at outer bays to form balcony; hoop-patterned iron balustrade at 1st floor cill course level, spanning width of building; band course below corniced cill course to 2nd floor; banded eaves course and cornice. Margins to openings, moulded and lugged, central bays at ground.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: bipartite window to bay to left at basement; part-glazed timber door to penultimate bay to left; window beneath oversailing platt and, between exposed rendered supports, to right; part-glazed timber door to right, with bipartite window to outer right; outer bays advanced; 2-leaf panelled timber door with large rectangular fanlight to bay to left at ground; modern window with plain apron to bay to right; single windows at central bays, 1st and 2nd floors above; segmental-headed dormers at roof; tripartite window to advanced outer bays at ground; canted bays, comprising 3 lights to front face, single lights at sides, to 1st and 2nd floors, outer bays; triangular-pedimented dormer to swept polygonal roof above.

SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: bull-faced squared and snecked sandstone rubble; windows (modern at ground) to each floor at central bays; polished cill course at 2nd floor; cornice; open triangular pediment to central bipartite at wallhead, with flanking stacks.

2-pane timber sash and case glazing. Grey slate roof with leaded ridges; tall coped wallhead and central ridge stacks; painted cast-iron rainwater goods.

RAILINGS: turned balusters to railings to street (set in coping) and to ashlar steps and entrance platt.

Statement of Special Interest

Part of New Town A-Group. 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

J Gifford, C McWilliam and D Walker, EDINBURGH (Buildings of Scotland series), (1984), p 377.

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.

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