39, 41, 43 York Place, Edinburgh

39, 41, and 43 York Place in Edinburgh is a terraced classical house built in the later 18th century. It stands three stories tall with an attic and basement, featuring eight bays. The exterior is made of broached ashlar sandstone, with V-jointed rustication at the principal floor. There is a base course, band courses between the basement and principal floor, as well as between the principal and first floors, and a cill course at the first floor. The entrance includes ashlar steps and platts that extend over the basement.

On the northern (principal) elevation, there is a six-panel timber common stair door with a 12-pane rectangular fanlight located in the bay to the right of the center at the principal floor. In the third bay from the right at the principal floor, there is a round-arched tripartite doorpiece featuring a six-panel timber door, a plate glass semicircular fanlight, and sidelights. A six-panel timber door with a plate glass rectangular fanlight is found in the third bay from the left at the principal floor. 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 western elevation adjoins another terrace, which is listed separately (33-37 York Place), as does the eastern elevation (45 York Place). The southern (rear) elevation was not seen during the 1998 inspection.

The building predominantly features 12-pane timber sash and case windows and has a grey slate M-roof. There is a rectangular slate-hung tripartite dormer and a pair of modern rectangular slate-hung dormers, along with modern skylights. The rainwater goods are made of cast iron. The roof has broached ashlar and rubble ridge stacks, with some stacks breaking the pitch and coped with circular cans. The skews are also coped.

The interiors were not seen during the 1998 inspection. The railings consist of ashlar copes topped with cast-iron railings featuring spear-headed and urn finials.