Edinburgh, 68 High Street
Tenement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, 68 High Street
Classification Tenement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 52329
Site Number NT27SE 303
NGR NT 26007 73652
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52329
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NMRS REFERENCE:
Edinburgh, 64-78 High Street and Strichen's Close, 66 High Street which were Category B listed were demolished in 1965/66. Information from Demolitions catalogues.
Publication Account (1951)
36. 68 High Street.
This 18th-century tenement of six storeys has a main block to the street, the entry to Strichen's Close running through its centre, while a wing extends along either side of the Close. On the ground floor are two shops, but above these the frontage has five windows with back-set margins on each floor. The entry to the upper floors is in the W. wing, where rises a turnpike stair with a massive newel. None of the internal finishings is original.
RCAHMS 1951