22-26 St Giles Street, Edinburgh

22-26 St Giles Street is a Scots Baronial office building designed by David Bryce between 1872 and 1873, with later alterations by George Shaw Aitken in 1895. It is located on a steeply-sloping corner site and features pepper-pot turrets at the northwest and northeast corners. The building has four storeys and an attic, along with a double basement to the north. The exterior is finished in ashlar, which is painted at the ground level. There are continuous cornices at the ground and first floors, and the gables are crowstepped with stacks at the apex.

On the west elevation facing St Giles Street, there are two gabled bays with windows on the outer right and left. The centre features two pedimented dormer heads and a small timber dormer in the attic. A two-leaf timber-panelled door is located centrally, adorned with a decorative grille over the fanlight, while the shop fronts have decorative grilles below the plate glass windows. The first-floor windows are key-blocked, with a round-headed window on the left and a lugged window on the right. Above the centre window, there is a corniced window with a key-blocked oculus.

The north elevation is regularly fenestrated, mirroring the two-window gabled bays on the outer right and left, with a pedimented dormer head at the centre. The ground floor features plate glass, while the first floor has small-pane glazing facing St Giles Street. The upper floors have timber sash and case windows with four-pane glazing.