22 Young Street, Edinburgh

22 Young Street in Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building, originally constructed by John Young shortly after 1779. This two-storey house features a half-sunk basement and an attic, and is situated on a corner site. It is built from broadly droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. The exterior includes long and short rusticated quoins, a base course, and a panelled band course above the ground level, as well as a cornice and blocking course.

The central right bay has an architraved doorpiece with a mutule cornice, leading to a deeply set flush-panelled door and a four-pane fanlight, with a flagpole positioned above. To the left, there is a piend-roofed sunken tripartite dormer. The gable is made of coursed rubble and is truncated to the right to accommodate a full third storey, which features a single bay at the center. At the rear, there is a small single-storey and attic gabled mews block that is adjoined, providing garages at ground level.

The building has timber sash and case 12-pane windows, with ashlar coped skews and stone stacks, one of which is truncated and rendered. The roof is covered with grey slates.

Inside, the left room on the ground floor features a swagged pilastered sideboard recess, and there is a two-bay former Drawing Room. The interior retains cornices and other plasterwork details.