Taap Hall, 219 Ferry Road, Edinburgh

Taap Hall, located at 219 Ferry Road in Edinburgh, was built in 1790 and is a symmetrical, three-storey, seven-bay tenement. The building features cream droved sandstone ashlar with some polished dressings, while the gables and rear are constructed from rubble. The fenestration is regular throughout.

The north elevation facing Ferry Road includes a base course, a band course above the ground floor, a cill course at the first floor, and a dentilled cornice with a blocking course. Long and short ashlar quoins accent the corners. The centre bay is slightly recessed and features asymmetrical two-leaf flush-panelled doors topped with a blind fanlight, surrounded by a moulded architrave and a consoled cornice. The gable end elevations have windows positioned at the centre.

The rear elevation consists of six bays and is adorned with 12-pane timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are rendered stacks and ashlar coped skews.

Inside, there is a common stair with a plain cast-iron handrail. Each floor contains two flats, each with flush-panelled doors and three-pane fanlights.

The property is enclosed by low coped rubble boundary walls at the front, which have an ashlar base for railings leading to the front door and enclosing the front gardens, although no railings remain. There is also a range of eight lean-to outbuildings against the west wall, one of which lacks a roof. These outbuildings feature a stone doorway to the street and a door in the screen wall leading to the garden.