96 Inverleith Place

Late 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay asymmetrical L-plan villa with slightly advanced pedimented bay to right. Snecked sandstone with ashlar margins, rubble to rear. Base course, cill courses. Chamfered corner to ground at left with moulded triangular cyma recta detail above. Bipartite and tripartite windows with some stone mullions and transoms. Ball finials.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: STREET ELEVATION TO S: off-centre 2-leaf, 6-panel timber entrance door with rectangular fanlight above; roll-moulded, corniced, door surround. Balustraded balcony above and key-stoned oculus to upper floor. Pair of windows to upper storey left with semi-circular dormerheads. Canted 3-light bay window to ground at right with slated roof and pedimented 3-light window above.

Predominantly 9-and 12-pane over plate glass timber sash and case windows; some timber casement windows. Concave ornamental skew details with ball finials. Green slates with red ridge tiles. Coped wallhead stacks with red cans. Raised skews and some scroll skewputts.

INTERIOR: (seen 2009). Original room plan largely extant. Impressive central open-well decorative timber staircase with segmental-arched screen. Finely carved timber fire surrounds to some public rooms. Decorative plaster cornicing. 4-panel timber doors.