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Latitude: 55.9548 / 55°57'17"N
Longitude: -3.117 / 3°7'1"W
OS Eastings: 330349
OS Northings: 674088
OS Grid: NT303740
Mapcode National: GBR 2C.XTZ2
Mapcode Global: WH6SN.2LZC
Plus Code: 9C7RXV3M+W5
Entry Name: 62 Portobello High Street, Portobello, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 62 Portobello High Street and Flats 1 and 2, 2 Pipe Street
Listing Date: 4 September 1995
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 364611
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27445
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200364611
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Early 19th century. 2-storey, 3 bay classical building on corner site of Portobello High Street and Pipe Street, falling site to SE. Droved ashlar with polished ashlar dressings, at 1st floor; rubble side (SE) elevation; harled to rear; bull-face render addition to rear. Base course, band course between ground and 1st floor, cill course to 1st floor, cornice and blocking course.
SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: chamfered corner bay to left with entrance to shop at ground; window at 1st floor above. Shop window at ground bay to centre and to right with 1950s-style shop sign (Laundrette) to fascia, windows to each bay, 1st floor.
NW (PIPE STREET) ELEVATION: irregularly disposed bays. Shop window to ground, centre bay and to right. Blank window at 1st floor, bay to right, windows to 1st floor of remaining bays.
NE (REAR) ELEVATION: 2-storey later addition to centre.
Plate glass timber sash and case windows to SW; 4-pane timber sash and case windows to NW. Grey slate piended roof. Rendered and coped wallhead stacks to outer right and between centre and bay to left, NW elevation; to outer right of NE elevation; and continuously along SE elevation.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1994. (Shop interior modernised).
The building is found on Wood's map, 1824. It would appear to have been the beginning of a classical terrace which was never built.
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