57-57A Albany Street, Edinburgh

Probably William Sibbald, earlier 19th century. 2-storey, attic and basement, 22-bay classical terrace. Polished ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor; rockfaced rustication at basement. Base course; band courses between basement and principal floor, principal and 1st floors; cornice and blocking course at 1st floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 7 3-bay houses, with 6-panel timber doors, with glazed middle panels at No 55, and variety of plate glass, decorative and umbrella rectangular fanlights, in alternating bays to outer left and outer right; advanced doorpiece at No 49, with fluted Doric pilasters flanking door and supporting lintel surmounted by mutuled segmental pediment with tooled inscription, reading 'Church for the Deaf and Dumb', with 6-panel timber and plate glass semicircular fanlight. Windows in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above and basement. Flagged basement area.

W ELEVATION: adjoining building, see separate listing (39-43 Albany Street).

E ELEVATION: adjoining building, see separate listing (24 Broughton Street).

REAR ELEVATION: not seen, 1998. Single storey hall to rear of No 49, with rubble gable, modern ridge ventilator, corniced gablehead stack, coped skews.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof. Slate hung bow fronted dormers at Nos 45, 49 and 53; combined slate hung piended and bow-fronted dormer with 2 windows, at No 47; slate-hung bow-fronted dormer and slate-hung piended rectangular dormer at No 51; slate-hung bow-fronted dormer and slate-hung piended box dormer at No 55; canted dormer with conical roof at No 57. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered gablehead stack and variety of corniced and coped broached ashlar ridge stacks, with circular cans. Coped skews.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1998.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed and urn finials.