50 Ann Street, Edinburgh

1869-71. 2-storey and basement plain classical corner block, with slightly recessed bowed corner and prominent wallhead stack; set on ground falling to SE revealing basement. Stugged sandstone ashlar; droved at basement; stugged, squared and snecked to NW gable. Banded base course; banded lintel course at ground floor, narrow banded cill course at 1st floor; corniced eaves course. Bevelled architraved openings, corniced at ground floor.

SE (UPPER DEAN TERRACE) ELEVATION: roughly 2 bays with prominent bowed bay to left (SW). Shouldered arched bi-partite windows with stone mullion to right, tri-partite windows with stone mullions to bowed corner bay.

SW (ANN STREET) ELEVATION: 2 bay. Moulded architraved and corniced doorway with panelled timber door and rectangular fanlight

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: squared and snecked sandstone with tooled ashlar dressings. Regular fenestration.

Plate glass in timber sash and case windows. Pitched roof; grey slates. Sandstone skews and some moulded skewputts. Shouldered and corniced broached ashlar wallhead stack to SW and NW elevations; corniced broached ashlar end stack to NE; some clay cans. Cast-iron rain-water goods. Low stugged, squared and snecked wall with droved copes and gate rybats edging gardens to street, topped with cast-iron railings incorporating decorative cast-iron lamp standard with large bowl shade.

INTERIOR: (selection of interiors seen 2010) decorative classical scheme, characterised by intricate plasterwork and large drawing room. Stone stairs with well-detailed cast iron balustrade and timber handrail, topped by large rectangular cupola. Decorative cornicing to principal rooms and entrance hall, some ceiling roses. Working window shutters. Some later subdivision.