30, 31, 32, 33 South Bridge, 45, 47, 49 And 51 Niddry Street Edinburgh

Possibly Robert Kay (see Notes), circa 1790. Row comprising five x seven-bay sections of mostly three-storey and attic, four-storey, or four-storey and attic Classical tenements with shops to ground (some altered). Situated on steeply sloping ground and falling to six and seven storeys at rear (Niddry Street). Pedimented, seven-storey and attic gable end at south (Cowgate). Ashlar, rubble to rear. Band courses, raised cills, cornice. Piended and canted dormers. Some shopfronts to west (South Bridge) with fluted timber Ionic pilasters, timber stallrisers and fascias. Applied, moulded architraves to window openings at numbers 19-29.

East elevation (Niddry Street) with some round-arched openings to ground, occasional Venetian window to upper storeys. Some three-light pedimented wallhead dormers with gable stacks.

South elevation with round-arched windows to fourth storey; pediment with central lunette window. Some blank windows.

Predominantly plate glass and twelve-pane timber sash and case windows. Plate glass to ground. Grey Slates. Gable and wallhead stacks. Cast iron rainwater goods.