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Edinburgh, Leith, 17-22 Shore
Tenement (17th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Leith, 17-22 Shore
Classification Tenement (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) The Shore
Canmore ID 52022
Site Number NT27NE 92
NGR NT 2713 7660
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52022
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27NE 92 271 766
Only the ground floor of this tenement, built by Robert Mylne in 1678, survives; the remainder has been rebuilt.
RCAHMS 1951; J Gifford, C McWilliam and D Walker 1984.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Edinburgh, Leith, 17-22 The Shore was Category B Listed and was demolished in December 1968. Information from Demolitions catalogue held in RCAHMS library.
Publication Account (1951)
No. 224 Houses in Leith (part).
The tenement numbered 16-20 The Shore is so similar to Numbers 8-14 to the N. that it may likewise be ascribed to Mylne without hesitation. It has, however, a moulded cornice above the ground floor, and below some evidence of a columnar treatment, which has been almost wholly obliterated by. the construction of shops. From the second floor upwards, the tenement has been rebuilt. The entrance to Number 20 has a moulded doorway, inscribed on the frieze: CHRISTUS [REX] REGUM, QUI NON DORMITA[T I]N AEVVM PROTEGAT HANC AEDEM, NECNON SIN[E] CRIMINEPLEBEM ("May Christ, King of Kings, who sleepeth not for all time to come, keep this house in safety and its people free from sin"). A shallow, rectangular oriel-window of ashlar is set out over the doorway on modern metal brackets, which replace the original supports; it has a single large light with a moulded margin in front, and at each side a smaller light checked for shutters.
RCAHMS 1951, visited c.1941
