104-105 Princes Street, Edinburgh

104-105 Princes Street in Edinburgh is a four-storey former hotel built by George Beattie & Son (W Hamilton Beattie) between 1875 and 1876. This building features a mansard attic and double garret, designed in the Free Renaissance style with polished cream sandstone ashlar. The ground floor has been modernized for retail use, while the upper floors are framed by channelled pilasters and have architraved windows.

The first and second floors include canted end bays, with the centre windows arched on the first floor, showcasing sculptures of musical instruments and foliage beneath the cornices. The second-floor windows are pedimented, and the outer bays on the third floor have tripartite windows. A mutuled cornice with lion's head consoles crowns the building. The panelled parapet is interrupted by three bipartite wallhead dormers, with the outer dormers featuring channelled pilasters and segmental pediments topped with central urn finials, while the centre dormer has panelled and fluted pilasters and a pediment that breaks the parapet. There are also two tiers of six small round-headed dormers in the upper garret.

The windows are timber sash and case with plate glass, featuring four panes in the attics. The building has ashlar coped skews, massive corniced ashlar stacks, and is covered with grey slates. The interior has been converted for modern retail use.