6 Westmost Close, Newhaven, Edinburgh

6 Westmost Close in Newhaven, Edinburgh, is a vernacular-style house dating from the mid to later 18th century. It was recast and converted by Ian Lindsay & Partners around 1971. The building is two stories high and has three bays, forming the end of a terrace with its gable end facing Pier Place. The exterior is harled and limewashed, featuring raised and painted concrete surrounds around the openings. There are exterior stairs with timber railings leading to the first floor.

On the west elevation (Westmost Close), there are two timber boarded doors at ground level set within a stair recess, with the entry to No 6 located to the right. Beneath the stairs is a storage door. The first floor has two timber boarded doors in the central bay, both of which belong to No 6. There are single windows on both floors in the bay to the outer right.

On the north elevation (Pier Place), there are symmetrically aligned single windows in the outer left and right bays on both floors. All openings feature 12-pane timber sash and case windows. The roof is machine-made red pantiled with a grey slate easing course and has precast concrete skews. The north elevation has a harled apex stack, while the south elevation features a harled mutual ridge stack, precast concrete copes, and circular cans.