34, 36 Marlborough Street, Edinburgh

Earlier 19th century with later alterations and additions (now subdivided into two houses). Single storey, with basement, 3-bay classical house with pavilions flanking. Finely droved, polished ashlar dressings; ashlar pavilions, rendered and lined; rubble with droved ashlar dressings to side elevations; harled rear elevation. Broad band course dividing basement from ground, cornice and blocking course; slightly raised quoins to main house.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 5 steps to pilastered doorpiece with tablet above entablature with deep-set panelled door to centre, plate glass fanlight above. Windows at ground and basement of flanking bays (now blinded at No 34). Pavilions with full-height bowed windows, windows at ground and half-basement.

NE AND SW (SIDE) ELEVATIONS: 2 blinded windows; small window in between.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: small single storey extension at bay to centre (property of No 36); windows to flanking bays. Pavilions with gable end and windows at ground.

16-lying-pane timber sash and case windows; plate glass

windows to rear. Grey slate piended roof to main house; piended grey slate roof with gable ends to pavilions (with ridge over bowed window to No 34; curved to No 36). Wallhead stacks (rendered to No 34; rubble and rendered to No 36) to side elevations of pavilions.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1994.

BOUNDARY WALL: partly rubble with coping; partly rendered with coping.