4 Nile Grove, Morningside, Edinburgh

4 Nile Grove in Morningside, Edinburgh, is a pair of semi-detached houses built in 1881 by Anderson & Browne. These two-storey, two-bay homes feature Queen Anne architectural details and have single-storey outhouses at the rear. The exterior is made of cream sandstone, with squared and snecked rubble and polished ashlar dressings, including a base course and chamfered reveals.

The front elevation is symmetrical, with the central bays showcasing slightly advanced bipartite windows on the ground floor. These windows lead to corbelled canted windows (1-2-1) that break the eaves, topped with finialled half-pitched roofs on the first floor. Ashlar panels with floral carvings replace the top sash of the outer lights. The outer bays contain single windows on both floors, with the first-floor windows breaking the eaves in shouldered pedimented dormer heads adorned with swagged shoulders.

On the rear elevation, the gabled outer bays feature apex stacks and single windows, while the centre bays include a single-storey gabled outhouse and a modern single-storey extension to the right.

The east elevation has two bays, with a gabled bay on the right that includes an apex stack. To the left is a corniced doorway with a panelled door, a scroll-flanked pedimented oval window, and a small corniced window above. The left bay has a tall multi-pane stair window and a single window.

The west elevation mirrors the east elevation. The houses have timber sash and case windows, with 6-pane upper sashes and either plate glass glazing or 2-pane lower sashes. The roof is covered in green slate with lead flashings and red ridge tiles on the dormers. There are four corniced apex stacks and two corniced transverse stacks, along with moulded ashlar skews and scalloped skewputts. The eaves feature moulded gutters and gutterheads.

The interior was not seen in 1992. The property is enclosed by a tall rubble wall at the rear and side, with semi-circular coping, and a low front wall with saddleback coping, along with later gates and railings.