1-3 Brown's Place, The Vennel, Edinburgh

1-3 Brown's Place, located in The Vennel, Edinburgh, is an early 19th-century classical house with later additions. It is a two-storey building, rising to three storeys at the rear, and features five bays. The entrance is accessed from the first floor via a stone stair with cast-iron railings, which leads from a railed garden area. The principal elevation is constructed of droved ashlar with polished dressings, while the sides and rear are made of coursed rubble. The building has a base course, a dividing band between the ground and first floors, a cill course at the first floor, and a blocking course at the eaves, which is raised over the entrance.

The entrance includes a deep-set timber panelled door with a border-glazed fanlight set within a pilastered doorpiece. The house is regularly fenestrated with 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows, and there are modern rooflights. The roof is covered with graded grey slates, and features stone skews and corniced stacks that are rendered with circular cans.

Additionally, there is a boundary wall made of ashlar-coped coursed rubble to the south, complemented by fleur-de-lys-finialled cast-iron railings and a gate.