Warehouse, 18, 19, 20 Shore Place, Leith, Edinburgh

This mid-19th century warehouse, located at 18, 19, and 20 Shore Place in Leith, Edinburgh, was converted in 1993. It is a four-storey building with a basement, designed in an L-shape. The exterior features cream sandstone, coursed and squared rubble with droved dressings, and coursed rubble at the rear. There is an eaves band along the front elevation, and small-pane casement windows are present above the ground floor, topped with grey slates.

On the east elevation facing Shore Place, the building has five bays. There are larger loading doors to the outer right above the ground floor, with the remains of a former gable raised as a gabled dormer added in 1993. A segmental-arched doorway is located to the right of centre, with single windows above it. The centre bay also has single windows, while the left of centre features a doorway and single windows. To the outer left, there is a segmental-arched former pend with single windows above.

The west elevation at the rear has three bays, featuring single windows in the centre bays, which are larger at the first floor. The outer bays have a segmental-arched doorway or pend with single windows above. The gabled end elevation has an apex stack and raggle from former extensions to the rear block.

The north elevation also at the rear includes five bays, with a five-storey linking bay to the outer right that is recessed in the re-entrant angle with the Shore Place block. This section has two doorways, corniced to the left, raised over a cobbled slipway and steps, with single windows above. The right bay of the main elevation features larger hoist doors, except on the first floor, and a hoist gablet that breaks the eaves. The remaining bays have single windows.

The gabled end elevation of the Shore block includes a thistle finial and a datestone added in 1993. On the south elevation facing Tolbooth Wynd, the gable of the Shore Place block is to the left with an apex stack. There is a five-storey linking bay and a harled, post-modern projection with a cornice added in 1993, possibly a stair tower. The rear block to the right has two windows on the second and third floors.

Inside, the warehouse features cast-iron columns and timber beam construction.