5, 5A Union Street, Edinburgh

Classical tenement block, 4-storey and basement, 5-bay symmetrical elevation to Union Street. Smooth V-jointed rustication to ground floor, droved ashlar to upper floors (painted polished ashlar to basement; squared snecked rubble with droved margins to rear). Dividing band between basement and ground floor; dividing band between ground and 1st floors; cill course to 1st floor; main cornice dividing 2nd and 3rd floors; continuous cast iron balconnette to 3rd floor; mutuled eaves cornice; blocking course. Regular fenestration.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: to centre bay, steps and platt overarching basement recess leading to timber-panelled door with batwing design letterbox fanlight. Steps to left and right of entrance platt leading down to basement; basement window at outer right altered to form doorway with modern 2-leaf glazed timber door.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: 4-bay elevation; canted section to left. Single dormer to roof.

RAILINGS: to edge of basement recess and steps and platt, stone copes (edging basement only) surmounted by spear-head finialled cast iron railings.

BOUNDARY WALL: to rear, random rubble wall with flat stone coping.

GLAZING etc: predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows (modern glazing to basement window to right of platt). Dormer has timber fascia and grey slate haffits and piend roof. Pitched roof; graded grey slates; stone skews. Corniced squared rubble gablehead stack to left and mutual ridge stack to right, both with droved ashlar dressings and circular cans.