52 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh

John Chesser; 1875-1880. Basement and 4-storey terraced townhouses; No 1, 4-bay; No 2, 3-bay; No 3, 3-bay. No 3 set at curve of crescent. Ashlar sandstone. String course at 1st and 3rd floors; dentilled cornice and balustraded parapet at roof.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: single windows at basement of all houses. Entrance door in 2nd bay from right at No 1; single windows in 2 bays to left; 3 windows above with segmental pediments and balustrading; window above door has cantilevered balcony; single windows resting on brackets above; single windows at 3rd floor; 2-storey canted bay with balustrading in right bay; tripartite lights above at 3rd and 4th floors. Same pattern at No 2 but only 3-bays; 2-leaf entrance door with wrought-iron decorative grilles over fanlight and side-lights. No 3: central door with single window to right; single windows above with segmental pediments and balustrading; central window at 1st floor has balcony; single windows resting on brackets above at 3rd and 2nd floor; single windows above; single storey bow with balustrading at ground floor to left; canted bay with balustrading above at 1st floor; tripartite windows at 2nd and 3rd floors.

W ELEVATION: adjoining properties.

N ELEVATION: not seen 2001.

52 PALMERSTON PLACE (E elevation): central door with segmental fanlight recessed in architrave frame; single windows above; 3-storey canted bay to right; cast-iron balustrade crowning; bipartite window at 3rd floor; bipartite light in left bay at ground floor; same above in architrave frame; bipartite windows above at 2nd and 3rd floors.

2-pane timber sash and case windows. Concealed roof; coped mutual stacks; wallhead stacks to Nos 1 Eglinton Crescent and 53 Palmerston Place.

RAILINGS: spiked railings to street (set in coping) and to ashlar steps and entrance platts; plain railings to steps down to basement.