2017

NT2776 : Houses on John's Place, Leith

taken 6 years ago, near to Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland

Houses on John's Place, Leith
Houses on John's Place, Leith
Part of a terrace of 8 3 storey houses built c.1825, facing onto Leith Links. Although built as a group, the houses are subtly personalised with variations to the doorways. Listed Category B. The full terrace can be seen in this earlier view; the complete houses seen here are nos.7 and 6.

There is a bench mark Link on the gatepost just to the right of the lamp-post.
Listed Buildings and Structures

Listed buildings and structures are officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance. There are over half a million listed structures in the United Kingdom, covered by around 375,000 listings.
Listed status is more commonly associated with buildings or groups of buildings, however it can cover many other structures, including bridges, headstones, steps, ponds, monuments, walls, phone boxes, wrecks, parks, and heritage sites, and in more recent times a road crossing (Abbey Road) and graffiti art (Banksy 'Spy-booth') have been included.

In England and Wales there are three main listing designations;
Grade I (2.5%) - exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II* (5.5%) - particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II (92%) - nationally important and of special interest.

There are also locally listed structures (at the discretion of local authorities) using A, B and C designations.

In Scotland three classifications are also used but the criteria are different. There are around 47,500 Listed buildings.
Category A (8%)- generally equivalent to Grade I and II* in England and Wales
Category B (51%)- this appears generally to cover the ground of Grade II, recognising national importance.
Category C (41%)- buildings of local importance, probably with some overlap with English Grade II.

In Northern Ireland the criteria are similar to Scotland, but the classifications are:
Grade A (2.3%)
Grade B+ (4.7%)
Grade B (93%)

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Housing, Dwellings City, Town centre Housing: Town Houses Period: Early 19th Century 1820s Building Material: Stone and Slate Listed Building: Category B
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Part of Leith [25] · Bench Mark [13] Other Photos: · Bench mark, 7 John's Place, Leith ·
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NT2776, 650 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Alan Murray-Rust   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 10 October, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 16 October, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 2727 7613 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:58.3580N 3:10.0138W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 2729 7611
View Direction
Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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