22 Belgrave Crescent, Edinburgh

John Chesser, 1878; some later additions to rear. Terrace comprising 3-storey, basement and attic 2-bay, Free Renaissance townhouses with prominent full-height canted bays; house to E corner (No. 22) slightly advanced; 4-bay return to Belgrave Place. Sandstone ashlar. Entrance platts oversailing basement area. Banded base course; moulded cill course at 2nd floor. Corniced consoled eaves course. Rectangular dormers with large triangular sandstone pediments, linked by balustrading (some missing). Advanced balustraded rectangular porches to Nos. 22-25. Corniced doorpieces with paired console brackets, moulded architraves, rectangular fanlights and narrow sidelights. Corniced and balustraded 3-storey, 3-light bays, rectangular at ground floor, canted at 1st and 2nd floors. Bracketed and pedimented 1st floor windows with moulded architraves; tripartite above porches. Moulded architraved 2nd floor windows with bracketed cills.

E (BELGRAVE PLACE) ELEVATION: 3 storeys, 4 bays with full height 3-light canted bay to right (N). Sandstone ashlar (painted at basement). Banded base course, moulded cill courses at 1st and 2nd floors. Corniced consoled eaves course; balustrade above integrated with 2 tall wallhead stacks; pedimented dormers to right (N). Roughly regular fenestration with blind windows to left (S). Moulded architraved windows at ground floor with bracketed cills (bi-partite to centre). Architraved bracketed and pedimented 1st floor windows with small window off-centre to middle bay. Similar arrangement at 2nd floor (no pediments).

N (REAR) ELEVATION: coursed squared rubble with some droved ashlar quoins, rybats, cills and lintels. Roughly regular fenestration with some paired windows at 1st and 2nd floors.

Plate glass in timber sash and case windows; some 20th century glazing at 2nd floor and attic. Corniced ashlar ridge and gable end stacks with octagonal clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods integrated with stonework. Cast-iron railings on ashlar coping stone edging basement area to street.

INTERIOR: classical interiors characterised by highly detailed plasterwork and grand entrance halls, some with intricate Corinthian pilasters. Large drawing rooms to front with bay windows; deep cornicing, principally with floreate and foliate patterns. Some large marble fireplaces. Ornate stairs, some with carved newel posts; topped by large glass cupolas with ornate decorative plasterwork. Large lifts to rear in entrance hall to No. 25.