167-169 Canongate, Edinburgh

167-169 Canongate is an early 17th century, three-storey and attic building with a three-bay façade. It features a full-height square-plan turnpike stair projection on the left and a public house on the ground floor, which has a restored frontage. The building is constructed of random rubble with roughly squared, raised dressings, while the later public house frontage is made of squared and snecked rubble. There is a base course and cill courses at each floor level. The turnpike has a two-leaf riveted timber door, and the entrance to the public house is centrally located, with a slightly bowed fixed-pane window to the right. Dormer windows with pediments break the eaves, adorned with crescent and thistle finials.

Inside, the ground floor public house has been predominantly refurbished, featuring an exposed iron-gated recess in the southwest corner. The upper floors are incorporated into a museum alongside an adjacent tollbooth. While much of the interior has been renovated, some early 17th century panelling and a 17th century ceiling with painted beams featuring arabesques remain. The building predominantly has 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows with horns. The roof is covered with grey Scottish slate, and the lower portion of the west gable is crowstepped. Cast-iron rainwater goods are also present.