8A York Place, 8, Edinburgh

8A York Place is a classical terraced house built in 1798 by Alexander Laing. It has three storeys, an attic, and a basement, and features a three-bay façade constructed from broached ashlar sandstone. The principal floor showcases V-jointed rustication, with a base course and several band courses separating the basement from the principal floor, the principal from the first floor, and the first from the second floor. There is a cill course at the first floor and projecting cills at the second floor, topped with a mutulated cornice and a blocking course.

On the south elevation, the principal entrance is a round-arched tripartite doorway located in the left bay at the principal floor. This doorway includes a four-panel timber door flanked by pilasters, with three-light sidelights and aprons, and is surmounted by a radial semicircular fanlight. The remaining bays on the principal floor have windows, and the upper floors and basement feature regular fenestration. The basement area is flagged.

The west elevation adjoins another terrace, which is listed separately (6 and 6A York Place), as does the east elevation (10 and 10A York Place). The house has 12-pane timber sash and case windows, a grey slate M-roof with a later rectangular dormer on the right, and cast-iron rainwater goods. The ridge stack is made of broached ashlar and is coped with circular cans, and the skews are also coped.

The interiors were not seen in 1998. The property is enclosed by ashlar copes topped with cast-iron railings featuring spear-headed and urn finials.