52 Leith Walk, Edinburgh

52 Leith Walk is an early 19th-century, two-storey, four-bay town house with a basement. It is constructed of cream sandstone featuring droved ashlar with polished dressings, while the rear and side are made of coursed and squared rubble. The building has a band course above the basement, a band cill course at the ground floor, another band course above the ground floor, and a dentilled eaves cornice with a blocking course.

On the southwest (front) elevation, there is a Roman Doric doorpiece accessed by railed steps, featuring a stylised foliate frieze on the columns, a cornice, and a blocking course to the bay on the left side of the centre. This doorpiece includes a rectangular plate glass fanlight and a two-leaf panelled door. The remaining bays and floors have single windows, and there are two canted and piended dormers.

The northwest (rear) elevation features a central stair window with stained glass and a small flat-roofed extension at the ground floor below it. A modern picture window has been inserted at the first floor of the right bay, with single windows in the left bay.

The northeast elevation is three bays wide, gabled with a broad apex stack, and has single windows, which are blocked in the outer bays.

The windows throughout the building are timber sash and case with 12-pane glazing. The roof is covered with black slate and includes an apex stack and a coped mutual stack.

Inside, there is a tiled vestibule with an ornate cornice, a tripartite inner door, and plasterwork in the hall and stair area.

The property is also surrounded by boundary walls, which include both low and taller sections, along with some original arrowhead iron railings.