22 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh

21 Drumsheugh Gardens is a terrace of classical townhouses built between 1880 and 1882 by John Lessels, executed by John Watherston and Sons. The building features a 4-storey and basement façade that is unified, with 2 and 3 bays. The design includes an angled and pilastered splayed corner to the west and a recessed 3-bay section at the eastern end, which is angled to the side and has an advanced 2-storey bay in the re-entrant angle next to No. 20. The basement area includes some vaulted cellars and retaining walls. The exterior is made of sandstone ashlar, which is channelled at the ground floor, with entrance platts that oversail the basement. A banded base course runs along the bottom, and there are moulded cill courses at the first and second floors, along with a cornice at the third floor and a corniced eaves course. The doorways are architraved, consoled, and corniced, featuring plain rectangular fanlights. The building also has corniced and consoled 3-light, 2-storey canted bays with fielded panels, including the entrance to No. 22 located in one of the canted bays. Moulded architraved surrounds can be found on the ground, first, second, and third floors.

The rear elevation consists of 4 storeys, constructed from coursed squared rubble with some ashlar quoins and cills. There is a later addition of a 3-storey timber canted bay to the left and a further canted 2-storey stone bay further left. The third floor on the left has enlarged windows added later.

The windows are predominantly plate glass in timber sash and case style, with some 4-pane timber sash and case windows at the rear. The gable end and ridge stacks are made of corniced ashlar, topped with modern clay cans. The basement recess to the street is edged with cast-iron railings on ashlar copes, and there are cast-iron rainwater goods.

Inside, the building is characterized by a highly decorative classical scheme, featuring detailed cornicing and large foliate ceiling roses throughout the ground and first floors. It was converted for office and residential use in 2008.