1-4 Forrest Hill Edinburgh, Scotland
Listed Building Data
1-4 Forrest Hill has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 367308 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 28771
- Canmore ID
- 123807
- Category
- B
- Name
- 1 4 (inclusive Nos) Forrest Hill
- Parish
- Edinburgh
- County
- Edinburgh, City Of
- Easting
- 325674
- Northing
- 673210
- Date Listed
- 8 May 1975
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Samuel Neilson (mason), William McVey and James Heriot (wrights), 1739-43, with later alterations and additions (see Notes). 4-storey and attic L-plan tenement with crowstepped gable, remnant of former Edinburgh Charity Work House. Harled rubble; ashlar margins to both doors and windows except on gable. S ELEVATION: 5-bay wing to right: boarded timber door with 3-pane fanlight up steps with cast-iron railings; 3 windows lighting stair above. Remainder regularly fenestrated; slate-hung dormers to attic. Gable-end to left (formerly junction to demolished main block): boarded timber door with 8-pane fanlight in chamfered ashlar surround to centre; single windows above. E ELEVATION: 2-bays, regularly fenestrated; slated dormers to attic above. W ELEVATION: 2 bays, regularly fenestrated; gablehead chimney with window to attic in gable to left. Abuts single bay return to N. N ELEVATION: 3-storey and attic; harled; 3-bays to right, mansard roof; regularly fenestrated. 5 bays to left: regularly fenestrated; stone-mullioned bipartites to centre bay; slated dormers to attic. Grey slates. Predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Corniced harled gablehead chimneys with circular cans.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Incorporates the remains of the N wing and 2 bays of the main block of the U-plan Charity Workhouse, demolished circa 1870. The Charity Workhouse appears complete on the 1854 OS map, and with only the N section remaining on the 1877 map, the remainder having been replaced by the Volunteer Drill Hall. Dean of Guild drawings by John Hay show the Charity Workhouse and the alterations being made.
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Dean of Guild 3 March 1871. Charity Workhouse illustrated in J and HS Storer, VIEWS IN EDINBURGH AND ITS VICINITY (1820) p29. Gifford, McWilliam and Walker EDINBURGH (1984) p 733.
