Edinburgh 36 York Place

36 York Place is a classical terraced house built in the later 18th century, with a later doorpiece designed by Hippolyte J Blanc in 1884 and a rear addition by Leadbetter, Fairley and Reid from 1934. The building is three storeys high, with an attic and basement, and features a three-bay facade. It is constructed from broached ashlar sandstone, with V-jointed rustication at the principal floor. There is a base course and band courses between the basement and principal floor, as well as between the principal and first floors. Cill courses are present at the first and second floors, topped by a mutuled cornice and blocking course at the second floor. The first-floor windows are architraved with cornices.

On the south (principal) elevation, there is a fluted Ionic pilastered doorpiece in the left bay at the principal floor. This includes a decorative floreate lintel with an entwined 'PS' shield emblem and a dentilled cornice. The entrance features a two-leaf, six-panel timber door with a decorative rectangular fanlight above, and a three-panel inner door with a leaded glazed upper panel inscribed 'The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain'. The remaining bays at the principal floor have windows, and there is regular fenestration on the floors above and in the basement. The basement area is flagged.

The west elevation adjoins another terrace, which is listed separately as 34 York Place. The east elevation also adjoins a terrace, listed separately as 38 York Place. The north (rear) elevation features a later single-storey addition facing Dublin Street Lane South. This addition is a three-bay former storehouse made from stugged and squared sandstone with red sandstone dressings. It includes a base course and a corniced frieze, with an infilled architraved doorway and an infilled architraved bipartite window to the right of centre, as well as a segmental-arched multi-pane window to the left.

The windows throughout predominantly feature plate glass lower sashes and two-pane upper sashes in timber frames. The roof is covered with grey slate and includes an M-shaped design with a rectangular slate-hung dormer and a modern skylight. Cast-iron rainwater goods are present, along with a broached ashlar ridge stack that is coped and features circular cans. The skews are also coped.

The interiors were not seen in 1998. The property is enclosed by ashlar copes topped with cast-iron railings that have spear-headed and urn finials.