66 Colinton Road, Edinburgh

64 Colinton Road in Edinburgh is a pair of two-storey, two-bay semi-detached houses built in 1886 by James Gowans. They feature raised basements that open to the rear and serve as an endpiece to an earlier terrace. The houses are constructed from pink sandstone, squared and coursed rubble, with ashlar dressings and chamfered reveals.

The southeast entrance elevation is symmetrical, with canted bay windows at the ground floor of the inner bays, topped with half-pitched roofs and aprons that showcase Gowans-style detailing, including vertical ashlar banding. The outer bays contain doors with triangular hoodmoulds and block label stops. The first-floor windows extend beyond the eaves in gabled dormerheads that are detailed like doorways. Masons' marks can be found on the door reveals of No 64. The eaves are overhanging and supported by paired timber brackets.

The northeast elevation features a party wall with keystones and is harled. The northwest rear elevation mirrors the front, with a central rear door leading to the basement. Each bay has one window at the ground and first floors, with second-floor windows also breaking the eaves in gabled dormerheads. A central wallhead chimney with a single flue is present. The houses have timber sash and case windows, with two-pane lower sashes and eight-pane upper sashes, along with panelled doors that include letterbox fanlights. The slate roof has a large central corniced chimney stack, decorative cast-iron gutterheads, and a moulded eaves gutter.

The property is complemented by distinctive cast-iron railings and gates, featuring vertical members that terminate in ball finials, similar to those found at Nos 68-78.