10 South St Andrew Street, 8, Edinburgh

10 South St Andrew Street is a five-storey and attic office building designed by Cousin, Ormiston and Taylor (H Ramsay Taylor) in 1900. This florid fin-de-siècle Renaissance structure features a narrow frontage with a canted ogee-roofed oriel at the corner. The exterior is made of polished cream sandstone ashlar with polished red granite facing at the ground level, set on a grey base course. The ground floor is arcaded, and there are bracketed giant fluted Ionic pilasters supporting the first and second floors. The first floor has mullion and transomed windows, while the second floor features arcaded windows. The third floor includes standard pilasters and balustraded balconies with arched windows, topped by a modillioned cornice and an arcaded fourth storey.

On the east elevation facing South St Andrew Street, the building has a three-bay design, with the outer bays being broader and bipartite. The ground level features two-leaf panelled doors leading to the upper floors on the right, along with a door to the shop at the corner. The central bay has a broken pediment and a pedimented date stone, with a pair of pedimented bipartite dormers above. The south elevation mirrors the right bay of the east elevation, while the left side consists of four plain bays with wallhead stacks.

The windows are timber plate glass casements, and the roof is piended with grey slates and ashlar stacks. The corner tower has a lead ogee roof topped with a finial. Inside, the building has been adapted but remains largely intact, with some cornices and doorpieces still present, as well as compartmented ceilings. The staircase features cast-iron banisters.