4 St Bernard's Crescent, Edinburgh

8 St Bernard's Crescent in Edinburgh is a two-storey and basement terrace of three-bay townhouses built in 1824 by James Milne, designed in a plain Greek classical style. The building is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a prominent fluted Greek Doric colonnade at the ground floor. The entrance platts extend over the basement area recess facing the street, and there is a banded base course. The continuous colonnade consists of fluted Greek Doric columns in antis, complemented by a plain frieze and a moulded cornice, with continuous cast iron balconies above. The corniced eaves course is topped with a balustraded parapet. The inset doorways have boarded timber four-panel doors with rectangular fanlights that display various geometric glazing patterns. The first-floor windows are tall, rectangular, and have moulded architraves and cornices. Notably, No. 4 has some later piended dormers.

On the south (rear) elevation, there is a mix of coursed squared rubble and random rubble, along with droved ashlar rybats, cills, and lintels. The fenestration is roughly regular, with some cast iron balconies at the first floor. The windows predominantly feature a 12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case, with a 4-over-12 lying pane glazing at the first floor. The roof is double-pitched and covered with grey slates, featuring corniced ashlar ridge stacks with some clay cans. The basement area recess to the street is edged with cast-iron railings that incorporate decorative lamp standards with large bowl shades.

The interior, as seen in 2010, showcases a classical decorative scheme characterized by intricate plasterwork and large drawing rooms. The large entrance vestibules are adorned with cornicing, and the stone stairs have a well-detailed cast iron balustrade and timber handrail, topped by large cupolas with decorative plasterwork beneath. The spacious ground and first floor drawing rooms at the front contain highly decorative plasterwork and some large marble fireplaces, with decorative plasterwork details continuing throughout. The windows have working shutters, and there has been some later conversion of the property into flats.