37-39 East Broughton Place, Edinburgh

Early 19th century. Classical L-plan block of houses/ tenements on corner site; near-symmetrical 5-bay (6-bay to ground floor), 2-storey and attic principal elevation to Broughton Place; 4-bay, 2-storey, basement and attic elevation to left to Gayfield Street; to far right to Gayfield Street, slightly later 3-bay, 3-storey basement and attic tenement section. Lightly boasted / droved ashlar (some sections painted); squared snecked stugged stone with dressed margins to rear. Projecting base course; dividing band between ground and 1st floor (defaced to 3-storey section); cill band to 1st floor (defaced to 3-storey section); eaves course and cornice; blocking course. Recessed curved section to corner. Predominantly regular fenestration.

SW (BROUGHTON STREET) ELEVATION: 6 bays to ground floor; to centre left bay, timber-panelled door with letterbox fanlight, flanked to left by 2 windows with recessed aprons below. To centre right bay, timber-panelled door with 4-pane letterbox fanlight, recessed into architraved opening, flanked to right by 2 windows in architraved surrounds with recessed aprons below. 5 bays to 1st floor. 3 dormers to roof.

SE (GAYFIELD STREET) ELEVATION: 2-storey section to left: basement windows below pavement level to inner left and outer right bays. Timber door with 9-pane fanlight to inner right bay. 2 dormers to roof. 3-storey section to right: to centre, timber panelled door with tall (blocked) fanlight above; to left and right, top of basement windows visible above pavement level.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: 2-bay elevation; modern timber door to right; canted dormer to roof.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: to right: 3-storey, 2-bay elevation; round-arched openings to ground floor; opening to right bay forms entry to covered passageway with door to left and right. To left: 4-storey, 4-bay (3-bay to ground floor) elevation; timber-panelled door with letterbox fanlight to centre.

GLAZING etc: predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; 4-pane upper sashes and plate glass lower sashes to right bays to ground floor of SW elevation; 2-pane top hinged casements with inverted T-bar glazing below to 1st and 2nd bays from left to SE elevation to ground floor. Piend roof with curved slate haffits to dormers (canted haffits to central dormer to SW elevation and dormer to rear). 3 rooflights to SE elevation, 2 rooflights to rear. Pitched roof; grey slate; stone skews and skewputts. Corniced, rendered gablehead stack to NW gable; rendered corniced gablehead stack to SW gable; corniced ashlar wallhead stack to SE elevation; corniced rendered ridge stack to SE elevation; circular cans to all stacks.