4 Lennox Place, Edinburgh

4 Lennox Place in Edinburgh is a two-storey, basement, and attic townhouse designed by John Tait, with alterations by John Chesser, built between 1868 and 1869. This extensive terrace features advanced three-storey, four-bay terminal blocks, all highlighted by prominent full-height, three-light canted bays. The exterior is constructed of sandstone ashlar, with coursed and squared rubble on the gable. The entrance platts extend over the basement, and there are banded base and string courses at the ground floor, along with a moulded cornice on the canted bay. The terminal blocks have a banded string course at the first floor and a corniced eaves course topped with a balustraded parapet. The doorways are corniced and supported by large foliate console brackets, with predominantly timber two-leaf, four-panel doors and rectangular fanlights. The first-floor windows have raised banded surrounds, while the second-floor windows of the terminal blocks feature bracketed cills. The centre bays have segmental arched tile-hung dormers.

On the southeast elevation, there is a gable with a full-height, three-light canted bay to the right. The northeast (rear) elevation is made of squared and snecked sandstone, with stugged ashlar rybats, lintels, and cills, and has roughly regular fenestration. The windows are fitted with plate glass in timber sash and case frames. The pitched roof is covered with grey slates and features corniced ashlar ridge stacks with octagonal clay cans, along with cast-iron rainwater goods. Cast-iron railings edge the basement area recess to the street.

The interior, as seen in a selection of interiors in 2010, showcases a classical decorative scheme with intricate plasterwork and large drawing rooms. Decorative cornicing is present in the entrance vestibules and principal rooms, some of which have ceiling roses and large marble fireplaces. The stone stairs feature a well-detailed cast iron balustrade and timber handrail, topped by large cupolas adorned with decorative plasterwork. Some areas have been later converted into flats.