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Edinburgh, Leith, 89 - 91 Kirkgate
Tenement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Leith, 89 - 91 Kirkgate
Classification Tenement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 51919
Site Number NT27NE 101
NGR NT 269 760
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51919
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27NE 101 269 760
This tenement, which contains three storeys and an attic, is of late 17th century date. The ground floor is occupied by shops. The upper floors are entered from a staircase set in the centre of the front. The masonry is rubble with back-set dressings at the voids. The roof is pantiled and the gables were originally crow-stepped.
RCAHMS 1951.
Shopping and housing complex occupies site.
OS 1:1250 map (1968).
