11, 13 Howe Street, Edinburgh

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, 1802. 3-storey, attic and basement, 5-bay terraced tenement. Polished ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band course and cornice at principal floor; cornice to 4 bays at left at 1st floor; cill course to 4 bays at left at 1st floor; projecting cills to 2nd floor windows, and window to outer right at 1st floor; cornice to 4 bays at left at 2nd floor; blocking course at 2nd floor. Entrance platt and steps oversailing basement.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorpiece centred at principal floor, comprising 6-panel timber door, radial semicircular fanlight. Bay to outer right slightly recessed, comprising 9-panel timber common-stair door with 5-pane rectangular fanlight in ashlar infill to former round-arched recess. Windows in round-arched recessses to remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above, with architraved and corniced windows in 4 bays to left at 1st floor. Flagged basement area.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (15 and 17 Howe Street).

S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (9 and 9A Howe Street).

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Window guards to 4 windows at left at 1st floor. Grey slate M-roof. Pair of polygonal piended dormers, regularly spaced. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ridge stacks; coped, with circular cans. Skews.

INTERIORS: not seen 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by iron railings, with spear-headed balusters and urn finials.