135 George Street, Edinburgh

1780-90; 19th and 20th century alterations. 3-storey, irregularly spaced 3-bay former classical house. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings; built out at ground with modern stone faced shopfront incorporating older cornice; door to upper floors to left. At upper floors, centre and right bays displaced to right; architraved windows, corniced at 1st floor. Rusticated quoins; cornice and blocking course.

Extended to rear to connect with Young Street Lane South.

15-pane timber sash and case windows. Ashlar coped mutual skews, rendered stacks; grey slates.

INTERIOR: shop with grand saloon of 19th century shop at ground, incorporating some basement space (access directly off street); now with separate access to inserted mezzanine cafeteria to rear. Distinct lobby to upper floors with internal steps, original hall (partitioned) with swagged frieze; access through to offices at rear. Cantilevered stone stair with quarter landings and alternate decorative cast-iron banisters; plaster panelling at upper level above scrolled foliate frieze; pitched skylight. At 1st floor, former 2-bay Drawing Room curiously displaced front to back; delicate enriched ceiling of centre fan within a festooned oval with guilloche bands at either end; panelled dado; later painted panelled marble chimneypiece; double doors with panelled surround and cornice to rear room with panelled dado. Access to No 133 at attic (see separate listing).