Victoria Chambers, 40-42 Frederick Street, Edinburgh

Victoria Chambers, located at 40-42 Frederick Street in Edinburgh, was designed by Dunn and Findlay in 1903 and showcases a Free Renaissance style. This five-storey office building features three bays and includes a ground floor Post Office. The structure aligns with the building line of the corner block rather than the original street layout. It is constructed from pink polished ashlar sandstone, complemented by polished Peterhead granite piers at the ground level.

The ground floor of the Post Office has timber pilasters that separate the windows, with a secondary set-back panelled door to the right. To the right of this, there is a two-leaf panelled door that provides access to the upper floors, above which is a frieze inscribed with "VICTORIA CHAMBERS." The outer bays feature canted windows, with bipartite windows at the center, on the first, second, and third floors, all topped by a modillioned cornice and a balustrade. The fourth floor is adorned with semicircular windows flanked by panelled pilasters, which are surmounted by reclining figures in open pediments. The center bay has tripartite windows, and there are transoms on the first and second floors, with a cornice and balcony above joining the canted windows on the second floor.

The rear elevation is finished in white glazed brick. The windows are fitted with timber plate glass casements, with leaded glass in the upper panes. There is an earlier stone stack to the north, which has a rendered extension. The interior has been modernised at the ground floor.