43 Newhaven Main Street, Newhaven, Edinburgh

Circa 1840. 3-storey, 6-bay tenement block in plain classical style with shops in re-ordered ground floor. L-plan; 3-storey, 5-bay to Craighall Road. Polished ashlar sandstone; painted ground floors in bays to left of centre. Random rubble to rear; stugged long and short surrounds to openings. Polished granite plinth; continuous cornice, string and blocking courses. Architraved and chamfered openings to ground floor; projecting cills to 1st and 2nd floors. Droved surrounds; pilastered doorpiece to No 47 (previously a bank).

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: chamfered entrance to No 43; replacement door; plate glass fanlight; single window in bay to outer left. Bipartite window in bay to right; single window in bay to left of No 45. Chamfered entry; replacement door; plate glass fanlight. Pilastered and architraved doorpiece to No 47 (originally a bank) with projecting entablature, stylised consoles, circular motifs and projecting dentils. Original panelled timber external door; timber and glazed vestibule door. Single windows flank entry; ground floor corbelled out to square in bay to outer right. Regularly fenestrated to 1st and 2nd floors.

W (CRAIGHALL ROAD) ELEVATION: blinded windows to all floors in penultimate bay to left. Regular fenestration to all floors in remaining bays.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: 3-storey, 3-bay; single entry to right of centre (infilled original window). Narrow window flanking entry; bipartite window above (right pane halved). Single windows to all floors in remaining bays.

Timber casement windows to shop-fronts at Nos 43 and 47; 2-pane timber sash and case windows to No 45. 2-pane sash and case windows to 2nd floor in bays to right of centre; 4-pane sash and case windows to all floors in remaining bays. Variety of timber sash and case windows to rear and side. Piended grey slate roof; original rainwater goods to W and S elevations. Shouldered wallhead stacks to E, W and S; coped mutual wallhead stack to centre with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: No 47 bank converted to offices; plain cornices; replacement ceilings. Nos 43 and 45 converted at ground; 1st and 2nd floors not seen 1996.