Leslie's Bar, 45, 47, 49 Ratcliffe Terrace, Edinburgh

Leslie's Bar occupies the ground floor of a four-storey tenement building at 45, 47, 49 Ratcliffe Terrace, Edinburgh. The building was originally designed by P L Henderson in 1895, with the pub's interior refurbished in 1899 and subsequently updated in the mid-to-late 20th century. The tenement is constructed from rockfaced sandstone.

The pub's principal (west) elevation is distinguished by a timber-clad facade featuring five bays divided by fluted timber Ionic pilasters on deep pedestals. The main entrance is located in the second bay from the left, with a pair of panelled timber doors. To the outer right is the entrance to the tenement itself, featuring a panelled timber door with a rectangular fanlight. The remaining bays have large, re-glazed multi-pane windows, with a panelled timber shop front below. A timber fascia extends across the entire ground floor, and a replacement bracketed clock projects at right angles above the pub entrance.

The interior retains much of its original 1899 layout and features. A small panelled timber vestibule leads through part-glazed timber doors to the main areas. The main bar is to the right, and a small snug and jug-and-bottle department is to the left. The bar is divided by a long central island counter with panelled timber and a timber gantry. The gantry incorporates shelving, mirrored glass, semicircular panels of decorative leaded coloured glass (acting as 'snob screens' for the saloon), carved spandrels, fluted pilasters, serving hatches, and three segmental pediments at the top, the central one being raised. A panelled screen, with the original semicircular panels of coloured glass and a door, separates the saloon from the snug/jug and bottle department. At the far end of the bar is a timber gantry that formerly supported a water tank, originally used for pumping draught ale. This tank structure includes glazed panels, fluted pilaster strips, turned supports, decorative carving, a segmental pediment, and a clock set within a panel. Panelled dados are found throughout, including in two small, open-sided rooms: one leading off the bar, formerly a store, and another leading off the saloon, formerly a snug, which has since been extended and opened out. Two pairs of panelled stone pilasters support ceiling divisions in the main room, each featuring an embossed Arcadian figure. The walls are decorated with a garlanded lincrusta frieze, topped by ornate plaster cornices and ceiling roses. Replacement fixed seating has been installed.