32, 34 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh

32 and 34 Palmerston Place in Edinburgh are a pair of three-storey houses with a basement and attic, built between 1880 and 1881, likely by architect John Chesser. They feature a nearly symmetrical four-bay rectangular design with polygonal roofs over canted bays. The exterior is made of polished, channelled sandstone ashlar, with polished dressings and a droved finish at the basement level. There is a base course and a corniced cill course at the first floor, which is dentilled at the two central bays and breaks forward at the outer bays to form a balcony. The first-floor cill course is adorned with a hoop-patterned iron balustrade that spans the width of the building. A band course is located below the corniced cill course at the second floor, along with a banded eaves course and cornice. The openings have moulded and lugged margins, with the central bays at ground level featuring distinctive designs.

On the northeast (principal) elevation, there is a bipartite window in the left bay at the basement, and a part-glazed timber door in the penultimate bay to the left. A window is located beneath an oversailing platt, between exposed rendered supports, to the right. There is another part-glazed timber door to the right, accompanied by a bipartite window in the outer right bay. The outer bays are advanced, with a two-leaf panelled timber door and a large rectangular fanlight in the left bay at ground level, while a modern window with a plain apron is found in the right bay. Single windows are present in the central bays on the first and second floors above. The roof features segmental-headed dormers and a tripartite window in the advanced outer bays at ground level, with canted bays that include three lights on the front face and single lights on the sides for the first and second floors. A triangular-pedimented dormer sits above the swept polygonal roof.

The southwest (side) elevation is constructed of bull-faced squared and snecked sandstone rubble, with modern windows in the central bays at each floor. A polished cill course is present at the second floor, along with a cornice and an open triangular pediment above the central bipartite window at the wallhead, flanked by chimney stacks.

The houses feature two-pane timber sash and case glazing, a grey slate roof with leaded ridges, tall coped wallheads, and central ridge stacks, along with painted cast-iron rainwater goods. The railings at the street are made of turned balusters, set in coping, and lead to ashlar steps and the entrance platt.