6 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh

William Playfair, designed 1825, built 1826-1833. Part of long terrace of 34 classical 3-bay townhouses; originally 2-storey, basement and attic elevations (many have additional later 3rd storeys) punctuated by 2 18-bay, 3-storey pavilions with 3-bay advanced sections to each end (Nos 11-16 and 23-28) and with 12-bay, 3-storey section to the western end (Nos 1-4); terrace stepped down at intervals to follow slope of road. Droved ashlar to basement; polished ashlar to upper floors; predominantly coursed squared rubble with dressed margins to rear elevation. To principal elevation: base course; dividing band between basement and ground floor; dividing band and cornice between ground and 1st floors; to 1st floor, continuous cast-iron trellis balcony with Greek key border; band course dividing 1st and 2nd floors; 2nd floor cill course; eaves cornice; blocking course. Doorpiece of fluted attached Greek Doric columns. Regular fenestration to principal elevation; architraved windows to ground, 1st and 2nd floors; panelled aprons to ground floor windows; predominantly regular fenestration to rear elevation.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 3-storey and basement elevation; painted basement. To basement, to centre bay, timber panelled door with 4-light fanlight; window to left bay, to right, area beneath platt blocked by wall with bipartite window. To ground floor, to right bay, steps and platt overarching basement recess leading to 2-leaf timber-panelled door with triple-circle glazed letterbox fanlight.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: 3-bay elevation with small single storey mono-pitch roofed extension to centre. Eaves course.

GLAZING etc: predominantly 12-pane glazing; 15-pane glazing 1st floor to front elevation and to right bay to rear elevation; 4-pane glazing to 2nd floor to front elevation; glazing predominantly in timber sash and case windows. M-roof with central valley; graded grey slate; stone skews and skewputts. To E and W, corniced mutual ridge stacks (preceded by two low individual octangular flues to E); predominantly circular cans.

RAILINGS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: to front, edging basement recess and platt, stone coping surmounted by cast-iron railings with dog bars, spear-head finials and distinctive circled border; to left of platt, wrought-iron lamp standard. To rear, forming boundary of garden, random rubble walls with predominantly flat coping.

INTERIOR: to ground floor: to lobby, geometric tiled floor compartmented ceiling, good plasterwork and 19th century Etruscan style painted scheme to walls, frieze and ceiling, screen of polished black Corinthian columns, marble chimneypiece. To 1st floor: to former drawing room, good plasterwork, compartmented ceiling, classical grey marble chimneypiece; to rear room, good plasterwork, classical marble fireplace. To 2nd floor: to front room (W), grey and white columned marble chimneypiece. Stone cantilevered stairs with ornate cast-iron balusters; rectangular cupola; good plasterwork to landings.