Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

3 WESTER CLOSELB29489

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
C
Date Added
14/12/1970
Supplementary Information Updated
06/12/2018
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 25516 77060
Coordinates
325516, 677060

Description

Mid to later 18th century; recast and converted by Ian Lindsay & Partners, circa 1970. 2-storey, 3-bay a-symmetrical vernacular-style block forming end of terrace. Harled and limewashed; raised and painted concrete surrounds to openings; exterior stair with timber railings to 1st floor. Mono-pitch roof to projecting single storey extension in central bay.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: stairs to 1st floor entry in bay to outer right; timber boarded door. Single window in re-entrant angle to right (rear No 2 Pier Place). Single windows to both floors in bay to outer left; single window to ground facing S in central projection.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Machine-made red pantiled roof with grey slate easing course and raised skews; harled apex stack to E and W with precast concrete copes and circular cans.

Statement of Special Interest

B Group with Nos 1-8 Wester Close (see separate list entries). One of many properties refurbished by Ian Lindsay & Partners during the 1970s, No 3 displays characteristics common to all - harled and limewashed facades, red pantiles, precast concrete copes and new timber sash and case windows. Note throughout, the attempt to retain the Scottish fishing village vernacular with exterior stairs, modest facades and simple proportions. Compare with Cross Wynd, Falkland or St. Moran?s, Fife - both of which were recorded by Lindsay. Despite harsh detailing and element of standardisation, the practice?s Newhaven work should be acknowledged as a pioneering attempt to conserve and improve an entire fishing village. A substantial project with a clear philosophy, it contrasts with more recent restoration attempts and thus, illustrates the differing and developing attitudes towards conservation. Previously listed as No 7 Wester Close with Nos 5, 6 and 8 and Barney Battle?s, Pier Place.

References

Bibliography

Appears on Wood?s map, 1826; E J MacRae THE HERITAGE OF GREATER EDINBURGH (1947) p9 and Sheet II; City Archives, plans by Ian Lindsay & Partners, 1971; Gifford, McWilliam and Walker EDINBURGH (1984) p612;

T McGowran NEWHAVEN-ON-FORTH: PORT OF GRACE (1985) p73; M Cant VILLAGES OF EDINBURGH (1986) p172 & 175; D Walker ?Listing in Scotland: Origins, Survey and Resurvey? TRANSACTIONS OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS SOCIETY

Vol 38 p39; C Pittaway, ?A NATIONAL AWAKENING?: ARCHITECTURAL PRESERVATION IN NORTH EAST FIFE 1919-1939 St Andrews Studies in the History of Scottish Architecture and Design (1993).

About Listed Buildings

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