Cramond Cafe, 4, 5 Riverside, Cramond, Edinburgh

Mid 17th century; recast and converted by Ian Lindsay & Partners 1959 - 60. Plain vernacular, rectangular-plan; 2-storey with attic, 6-bay subdivided block with restaurant set in ground floor; double-height flat above. Access to No 6 at rear through single opening in rubble-faced grey sandstone wall. Whitewashed harl; painted margins (plain surround at 1st floor in penultimate bay to right); continuous eaves course; a-symmetrical disposition of openings.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 2-leaf boarded timber doors at ground in penultimate bays to left and right (Nos 4 and 5 respectively). Small square windows in bays at centre; single windows at ground in bays to outer left and right; regularly fenestrated at 1st floor in all 4 bays. Small square windows at 3rd floor in penultimate bays to outer left and right.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: single window at 3rd floor off-set to left of centre; 2-leaf boarded timber door (No 6) set within wall to right.

6-pane casement windows at 3rd floor; 9-pane timber mullioned windows at ground in bays at centre; 12-pane timber sash and case windows to remaining openings in both elevations. Machine-made red pantile roof with raised skew at S; harled apex stack to S; precast concrete coping; 2 circular cans.

INTERIORS: Nos 4 and 5 converted into single restaurant (1984) with kitchen to right and dining area to left. Various partitions have been demolished and some new ones erected but the rubble finish remains visible beneath the whitewash, stone window reveals remain intact and the fireplace has been retained (although a modern heater has been inserted).