7 Gloucester Place, Edinburgh

15 Gloucester Place in Edinburgh is a terraced block built between 1822 and 1824 by Thomas Bonnar. It is three storeys high, with an attic and basement, and consists of 15 bays that include five three-bay tenements. An additional storey was added to the outer right three bays (No 15) before 1829. The building features polished sandstone ashlar, which is channelled at the principal floor and broached at the basement. There is a band course at the principal floor, a cill course at the first and second floors, and a cornice and blocking course at the second floor, which continues to the third floor addition of No 15, returning and terminating at the corners. The entrance has ashlar steps and platts that oversail the basement.

The principal elevation showcases three-bay tenements with recessed doorpieces on the left at the principal floor, featuring flush panelled doors and a variety of plate glass and decorative rectangular fanlights. The six bays to the right (Nos 13 and 15) are advanced. The windows in the remaining bays at the principal floor are set in recesses, while the upper floors have regular fenestration. The first-floor windows are architraved with cornices, and the later third-floor addition to No 15 has projecting cills. Decorative cast-iron balconies are located over the cill course on the first floor. The basement area is flagged and enclosed by coped rubble walls, with predominantly vertically boarded timber doors leading to the cellars.

The west elevation, which faces Gloucester Lane, is constructed of coursed rubble and features centrally located windows on all floors, with a pair of windows on the third floor that are bipartite to the right.

The building predominantly has 12-pane timber sash and case windows, with all plate glass in No 15. The roof is grey slate in an M shape, with a pair of later dormer windows added to No 9 and modern rooflights on No 13 on the south pitch. Cast-iron rainwater goods are present, along with harled and broached ashlar ridge stacks and coursed rubble and broached ashlar wallhead stacks, which are coped with circular cans.

The interiors were not seen in 1997, but there is some evidence of working panelled shutters. The property also features ashlar copes topped with cast-iron railings that have fleur-de-lis balusters and pineapple finials, as well as cast-iron railing-mounted lamps with glass globes.