20, 22, 24 Scotland Street, Edinburgh

20, 22, and 24 Scotland Street in Edinburgh is a terraced tenement building designed by Robert Reid and William Sibbald between 1801 and 1804. It stands four storeys high with a basement and features seven bays arranged in a 2-3-2 grouping. The exterior is constructed from broached ashlar sandstone, with V-jointed rustication at the principal floor. Notable architectural details include a band course at the principal and first floors, projecting cills for the first and second floor windows, a cornice at the second floor, and a cornice with a blocking course at the third floor. The entrance includes ashlar steps and platts that extend over the basement.

On the east (principal) elevation, there is a part-glazed timber common stair door with a blind rectangular fanlight, centrally located at the principal floor. This door is flanked by a pair of four-panel timber doors, with a decorative rectangular fanlight on the left and a plate glass rectangular fanlight on the right. The principal floor features windows in the remaining bays, while the floors above have regular fenestration, including windows in the basement. The basement has vertically boarded timber cellar doors and a segmental-arched doorway leading to No 24. The basement area is flagged.

The interiors were not inspected in 1997, but there is some evidence of working panelled shutters. The building predominantly features 12-pane timber sash and case windows, and it has cast-iron rainwater goods. The roof is a grey slate M-roof with broached ashlar ridge stacks that are coped and topped with circular cans.

The property is also adorned with ashlar copes topped by iron railings, which have spear-headed balusters and pineapple finials.