1, 3 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh

1790-1800. Classical, near-symmetrical, 4-bay, 2-storey and attic detached (see Notes) villa with early 20th century extension to rear. Droved ashlar with polished quoins and cills (snecked rubble with droved quoins to NW side; harled with stugged quoins and polished cills to rear). Base course; eaves cornice. Long and short quoins (raised to principal elevation). Predominantly regular fenestration.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: timber-panelled door with letterbox fanlight to inner left bay. To outer left and right, 2 later curved slate-hung dormers to roof.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: 5-bay elevation; full width 2-storey extension with 3-storey bowed projection to centre. Flanking bow to right and left, timber-panelled door with letterbox fanlight and small open flat roof porch. Bipartite windows to outer left bay; to outer left and right 2 curved dormers to roof.

GLAZING etc: 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to front elevation and all dormers; 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to rear. Grey slate haffits and piend roofs to dormers; 2 rooflights to centre to principal elevation. Pitched roof with extension forming catslide to rear; graded grey slate; stone skews and skewputts. 1 corniced, rendered gablehead stack with circular and octangular cans to NW gable; 1 corniced, rendered gable-end stack with circular cans to SE gable.

BOUNDARY WALL, GATEPIERS AND RAILINGS: enclosing front garden, rendered wall with droved coping, surmounted by spear-head and urn finialled cast-iron railings; painted, tooled ashlar gatepiers with pyramidal caps, 1 pair to centre, single pier to outer left and right corners.