3, 4, 5 Northumberland Place, Edinburgh

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, 1804. 3-storey, attic and basement, 11-bay terraced tenement. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor; random rubble in bay to outer left. Band course at principal and 1st floors; advanced cills to 1st and 2nd floor windows; raised margins to openings in bay to outer left. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basements.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 6-panel timber door with multi-pane rectangular fanlight, in 4th bay from right, at principal floor; 6-panel timber door with vertically boarded timber infill below plate glass rectangular fanlight, in bay to outer left at principal floor. Windows in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above. Blind basement windows to No 2 (only upper parts visible). Mirrored pair of 3-bay basement entrances, comprising enlarged multi-pane windows to outer left and right, 6-panel timber doors with shallow multi-pane rectangular fanlights, regular fenestration to remaining bays at basement. Flagged basement area.

E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (1 Northumberland Place).

W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (15 and 17 Nelson Street).

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered ridge stack, random rubble ridge stack, random rubble ridge stacks with broached ashlar quoins; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS AND LAMPS: ashlar copes surmounted by iron railings with spear-headed balusters and pineapple finials. Cast-iron railing-mounted lamps with glass globes.