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

46 PARK ROAD, NEWHAVEN, INCLUDING GATEPIERS AND GATELB43721

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
C
Date Added
17/10/1996
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 25384 76919
Coordinates
325384, 676919

Description

Circa 1860. 3-storey, 3-bay Baronial house in own grounds with later additions to right and left; originally symmetrical. Stugged squared and snecked yellow sandstone to central block and later bay to outer right; rendered extension circa 1970 to left. Long and short stugged quoins; polished and chamfered surrounds to openings; advanced and corbelled entry bay. Gables to main block above each of the 3 bays; overhanging eaves.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: full-height advanced central bay, chamfered at ground, corbelled chamfer above; corbelled to square. Stepped hoodmould and painted architraved surround to central doorway; inset blank panel. Timber panelled door; plate glass fanlight. Single windows with projecting cills flanking doorway; single window to 1st floor. Projecting central gable; timber brackets; cruciform timber detail centred in gablehead; tapering finial. Single windows to both floors in bays to left and right of centre; 1st floor windows breaking eaves in gablehead. Segmental-arched dormer-heads detailed as central gable. Single windows to 1st and 2nd floors in bay to outer right, single doorway to ground floor; variety of openings in bay to outer left.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: octagonal turret to NW; tapering finial; weather vane; alternating bands of fishscale and diamond slates. Modern additions to rear.

4-pane timber sash and case windows to central opening at 1st floor and to both floors in bays to right and left of centre. 2-pane timber sash and case windows flank entry. 4-pane timber sash and case window in bay to outer right at 1st floor; variety of casement openings and dormers in bay to outer left. Grey slate roof in diminishing courses. Original octagonal cans to corniced gablehead stacks.

INTERIOR: glazed vestibule door with timber door and glass fanlight depicting anchor. Grand stair to 1st floor; blind round-arched alcove between floors marks original exterior wall and stair window. Service stair with cupola above to right. Some original cornice work. Internal arrangement altered to accommodate new function.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: obelisk-shaped ashlar gatepiers flank entry to driveway. Original wrought-iron railings attached to left pier, iron fittings to right.

Statement of Special Interest

The circular driveway to the front of the house can be seen clearly on the 1876 Ordnance Survey map. Donated to the Church of Scotland by Henry Robb, a Leith shipbuilder (note the anchor depicted in the inner fanlight), the building is now a residential home.

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Does not appear on Wood?s map, 1826 or Ordnance Survey map, 1855; appears on PO Directory map, 1874 and Ordnance Survey map, 1876.

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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