258, 260, 262, 264, 266 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh

258, 260, 262, 264, 266 Gorgie Road in Edinburgh is a four-storey Baronial corner tenement built in 1896 by Peter R McLaren. The building features shops on the ground floor and bartisans at the corners. It is constructed from squared and snecked bull-faced sandstone, accented with long and short ashlar dressings. Notable architectural elements include a cornice at the ground floor, a cill course at the first floor, and a corbel course above the second floor. The gables are crowstepped and topped with ball finials.

On the southeast elevation, there are six bays, with a window on each floor. The tenement stair has an inset panelled door with a three-pane fanlight. There is one shop to the right and two to the left. The two central bays on the second and third floors are slightly advanced, supported by a stepped corbel, with a gable above featuring a blind square panel and a gablehead stack. The left bay has smaller bathroom windows, while the outer left bay includes a pedimented dormerhead with a thistle finial. The two bays to the right are under a gable with a trefoil panel, and there are moulded eaves between the gableheads. The curved angle is corbelled to a square at the second floor, and there is a bartisan at the third floor with a bipartite window, moulded eaves, and a conical roof topped with a lead ball finial.

The east elevation consists of four bays. The outer left bay is widely spaced at the angle, featuring windows from the ground to the second floor, with the ground-level window being blind. The two central bays have narrower bathroom windows grouped together and are blank at ground level. The outer right bay has windows on each floor and a blind doorcase at ground level. A bartisan at the right corner matches the one on the left. Above the left bays, there is a gable with a blind square panel and a gablehead stack, while the gable above the right bays has a round panel.

There is a single-storey link made of bull-faced and ashlar stone that connects to No 3 Smithfield Street, featuring a panelled door and fanlight at the centre, and a coped, crenellated parapet.

The rear elevation has similar masonry but with stugged dressings and raised margins. It features four bays grouped to the right, with the second bay containing bipartite stair windows and a wallhead stack.

Some original timber sash and case windows with four-pane glazing remain. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are coped stacks along with cast-iron gutters and downpipes. The interior was not seen in 1992.