23A And 23B Minto Street, Edinburgh

Earlier 19th century with later alterations. 2 storey, 4 bay near symmetrical pair of classical houses. Cream sandstone ashlar, rusticated at ground; coursed rubble to sides and rear. Base course; band course; cill course to architraved 1st floor windows; cornice and blocking course raised at centre.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: engaged Doric columns flanking recessed doorways to central bays; panelled doors; segmental arched umbrella fanlights; single windows to 1st floor above. Single window in segmental arched panel to ground floor outer right (No 23a); single window to 1st floor above. Advanced, corniced, tripartite window with panelled aprons to ground floor outer left (No 23); tripartite window to 1st floor above.

S (MAYFIELD TERRACE) ELEVATION: 3 bay. Base course; dividing band course; advanced cills; architraves; cornice. Modern window to ground floor at centre; single window to 1st floor above; single blind windows to both floors in bay to outer left; single windows to both floors in bay to outer right.

23B (MAYFIELD TERRACE): 3 bay with additional single storey wing to E; 2 storey (originally single storey). Droved cream sandstone at ground; coursed rubble to 1st floor, sides and rear; polished ashlar dressings. Base course; quoins; architraves to 1st and 2nd floor windows; cornice at ground and 1st floor. Central doorway; modern door; multi paned fanlight; single blind window to 1st floor above. Single windows to both floors in remaining bays and to single storey wing to E.

Predominantly plate glass timber sash and case windows; 12 pane to 1st floor of No 23b. Grey slate piended roof; pitched roof to 23b; corniced and coped ridge stack with moulded cans and coped wallhead stacks to main house; rendered and coped wallhead stack to No 23b.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND PEDESTRIAN GATES: low coursed and coped boundary wall to street; original railings to No 23a, replacement railings elsewhere. High rubble wall to N and to Mayfield Terrace. Pedestrian gate adjoining house to N.