11, 13 Scotland Street, Edinburgh

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, 1801-4. 4-storey and basement 4-bay terraced tenement, with 4th storey as wallhead attic. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band courses between basement and principal floor, principal floor and 1st floor; projecting cills to 1st and 2nd floor windows; cornice at 2nd floor; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 6-panel timber common stair door with rectilinear rectangular fanlight, to outer right at principal floor, round-arched doorpiece with 6-panel timber door, radial semicircular fanlight, to right of centre; windows in remaining bays at principal floor, regular fenestration to floors above, and to basement; segmental-arched doorpiece at basement.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (15-19A Scotland Street).

S ELEVATION: coursed rubble gable, windows centred at all floors.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered ridge stack, part-rendered gablehead stack; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed balusters.