5 Gayfield Square, Edburgh is a Category B listed buildg Edburgh, Edburgh, Stland. See why was listed, view on a map, see visor ments and photos and share your own ments and photos of this buildg.
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- 5 GAYFIELD STREET, EDBURGH
- GAYFIELD STREETEDBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, EH1 3RP
- 4, 5 GAYFIELD PLACE, EDBURGH
- 5 GAYFIELD SQUARE, EDBURGH
5 GAYFIELD STREET, EDBURGH
5 Gayfield Street, Edburgh is a Category C listed buildg Edburgh, Edburgh, Stland. See why was listed, view on a map, see visor ments and photos and share your own ments and photos of this buildg. * 5 gayfield street edinburgh *
It also has streetspe and historil value as an element of the Gayfield tate velopment.
3 and 5 Gayfield Street forms part of the Gayfield Estate, so lled bee stands on the former grounds of Gayfield Hoe (East London Street; 1763-5, still extant; separately listed Category A). Buildg began on eher si of the drive to the hoe; the buildg le on the SW of Gayfield Square follows the le of the drive.
The velopments began to tablish the form of Gayfield Square, which forms the heart of the tate. Area of Gayfield Place [is] to rema an open space for all time g.
GAYFIELD STREETEDBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, EH1 3RP
Property tails for Gayfield Street. One of many properti to rent Edburgh, Midlothian, EH1 3RP om Savills, world leadg tate agents." class="next-head * 5 gayfield street edinburgh *
' Unn Street is on the boundary of the lands, the north si beg Gayfield land, and the south si of the street built on land at the edge of the adjog Pirdy tate. 3 and 5 Gayfield Street is built on the back garn land of 6 Gayfield Square (see separate List scriptn), which was owned by Jam Shaw. The wall to the rear of 3 and 5 Gayfield Square is part of the origal garn wall of 6 Gayfield Square.
Shaw subsequently veloped part of the garn land of 7 and 8 Gayfield Square 1890, buildg a pact tenement which was named Shaw's Square. Predomantly regular (GAYFIELD PLACE) ELEVATION: 15-bay elevatn; addnal basement storey to right of central paviln.
4, 5 GAYFIELD PLACE, EDBURGH
4, 5 Gayfield Place, Edburgh is a Category A listed buildg Edburgh, Edburgh, Stland. See why was listed, view on a map, see visor ments and photos and share your own ments and photos of this buildg. * 5 gayfield street edinburgh *
To roof; curved triparte dormers to 3rd and 5th bays om left, flat-roofed dormers to 11th and 14th bay om (GAYFIELD SQUARE) ELEVATION: 5-bay elevatn. 3 flat-roofed dormers to (GAYFIELD PLACE LANE) ELEVATION: 4-bay elevatn.
One of the first buildgs still existg to be nstcted on the Gayfield tate, 1-5 Gayfield Place is a very early example of the e Edburgh of the palace-ont to unify terrace sign. 1-5 Gayfield Place forms part of the Gayfield Estate, so lled bee stands on the former grounds of Gayfield Hoe (East London Street; 1763-5, still extant; separately listed Category A). The velopments began to tablish the form Gayfield Square, which forms the heart of the tate.
It was part of Jollie's plan om the begng that this should be so; January 1783 he advertised that the Gayfield grounds were to be fed for buildg purpos 'acrdg to a plan.? It also has streetspe and historil value as an element of the Gayfield tate is possible that 5 Gayfield Square was signed by the archect Alexanr Lag; an advert the Edburgh Eveng Courant 1791 proclaimed that Lag was sellg a villa Gayfield Square, but did not specify which one.
5 GAYFIELD SQUARE, EDBURGH
In 1820, Lag himself was livg at 6 Gayfield Square (see separate List scriptn). It therefore seems likely that Lag signed at least one, and possibly all, of the villas on the south si of Gayfield Square.