39 Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh

John Chesser, 1876; later attic additions. Terrace of 6 townhouses comprising 3-storey and basement, 2-bay Free Renaissance townhouses. Prominent full height, 4-light canted bays. Sandstone ashlar. Entrance platts oversailing basements. Banded base course; banded cill course at 1st floor, moulded at 2nd floor (moulded to canted bays); moulded string course at 2nd floor. Consoled corniced eaves course with balustraded parapet between rectangular dormers; triangular sandstone ashlar pediments. Moulded architraved doorpieces with rectangular fanlights and narrow sidelights; consoled cornices over. Moulded architraved surrounds to windows at canted bay. Moulded architraved 1st and 2nd floor windows (corniced and bracketed at 1st floor).

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: 3 bays, 3 storeys, with full-height canted bay to left (S) and additional corniced single storey block to left (S). Balustraded parapet integrated with prominent wallhead stack to right (N) and rectangular dormers with triangular sandstone ashlar pediments. Moulded architraved corniced and bracketed ground and 1st floor windows (blind to right (N

. Moulded architraved 2nd floor windows. Tripartite window at dormer to left (S).

S (REAR) ELEVATION: 5 storeys; coursed squared rubble with some droved ashlar quoins, rybats, cills and lintels. Roughly regular fenestration with some paired windows at 1st and 2nd floors. Some boundary walls to rear are integrated with some later garages to Belgrave Mews.

Plate glass in timber sash and case windows. Corniced ashlar ridge and wallhead stacks with octagonal clay cans. Cast-iron railings on ashlar coping stone edging basement area to street. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: decorative classical scheme, characterised by intricate plasterwork and large drawing rooms. Large entrance vestibules with cornice and some pilasters, predominantly timber stairs with carved newel posts, topped by large cupolas with decorative plasterwork beneath. Highly decorative plasterwork and some large marble fire surrounds to ground and 1st floor drawing rooms.