47, 49 York Place, Edinburgh

1. 3-storey, attic and basement, 5-bay terraced classical house. Broached ashlar sandstone. Band courses between basement and principal floor, and 1st and 2nd floors; frieze at impost level at principal floor; cill course at 1st floor, broken with lowered cills except in bay to outer right; mutuled cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Projecting cills at 2nd floor. Doric pilasters flanking bays at principal floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: arcaded principal floor, with round-arched doorpieces comprising 9-panel timber doors and radial semicircular fanlights, at centre and in bay to outer right at principal floor. Windows in round-arched recesses in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above; irregular fenestration to basement. Flagged basement area.

W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (45 York Place).

E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (51 York Place).

S (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1998.

Predominantly plate glass timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. 2-tier continuous dormers, spanning 4 bays; vertically-boarded top tier, with modern timber and metal railing balustrade over lower tier. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge stacks; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed and urn finials.