7 York Place, Edinburgh

James Adam, 1793. 3-storey and basement, 3-bay asymmetrical castellated terraced house, built as manse for adjoining St George's Chapel. Polished ashlar sandstone; squared and snecked rubble at basement. Base course; band courses between basement and principal floor, and between principal and 1st floors; cill courses at 1st and 2nd floors. Crenellated parapet with corbels. Projecting cills to principal floor windows; reeded aprons to 1st floor windows. Ashlar steps and entrance platt oversailing basement.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: advanced outer bays, round-arched recess at 1st and 2nd floors of centre bay. Advanced doorpiece in bay to right at principal floor, comprising Gothick clustered-shaft engaged columns flanking door, supporting corniced lintel; panelled timber door with decorative radial fanlight. Windows in remaining bays at principal floor, window in bay to left with hoodmould; regular fenestration to floors above, comprising architraved window with hoodmould centred at 1st floor, flanked by windows in round-arched recesses; window centred at 2nd floor flanked by blind cruciform arrowslits. Wallhead panel with 3 blind arrowslits centred at parapet. Irregular fenestration to basement. Flagged basement area.

W ELEVATION: random rubble gable, with adjoining building at principal and 1st floors, see separate listing (5B York Place).

E ELEVATION: adjoining building, see separate listing (9-13 York Place).

S (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1998.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof, piended at centre. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered gablehead stack; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1998. Probably by Alexander Laing.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed and urn finials.