7 Antigua Street, Edinburgh

Circa 1800. Near-symmetrical double tenement with slightly advanced shopfronts to ground floor; 4-storey and attic, 7 bay elevation to Antigua Street. Droved ashlar (rubble to rear). Eaves cornice. Regular fenestration.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: to centre (stair) bay, flush timber door with letterbox fanlight in opening with painted margins and cornice. To far left, modern shopfront with door at centre; to inner left, timber shopfront with ornamental cast iron grille to stallriser, classical details and modillioned corniced with console support; to right, much altered shopfront with modillioned cornice and console supports remaining. Single pedimented dormer to roof to far left; canted dormer to roof to far right.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: 6-bay elevation; 2 nepus gables; pitched roof dormer to roof to far left.

GLAZING etc: predominantly plate glass glazing in timber sash and case windows; modern glazing to ground floor; 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to central stair bay; 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to 3rd floor (excluding central bay). Timber fascia, grey slate haffits and roofs (pitched to left, piend to right) to dormers. 7 rooflights to front pitch. Pitched roof; grey slate; stone skews and skewputts. 1 corniced, droved ashlar ridge stack to far left; 2 corniced droved ashlar stacks to front pitch to centre;1 corniced rendered gablehead stack to each nepus gable; circular cans to all stacks.